CVE-2006-2770
Directory traversal vulnerability in randompic.php in pppBLOG 0.3.8 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers…
- 5.4MediumCVSS base score
- 3.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in randompic.php in pppBLOG 0.3.8 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in an index of the "file" array parameter, as demonstrated by file[0].
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- pppBlog 0.3.11 - File Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6972webapps, phppublished 3 Nov 2008Verified
- pppBlog 0.3.8 - System Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1853webapps, phppublished 31 May 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.4 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/pppblog_038_xpl.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 18189 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20375 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- pppblog-randompic-directory-traversal(26969) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060530 pppBlog <= 0.3.8 administrative credentials/system disclosure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1015 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2085 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1016198 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-2767 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-2770)Record last updated .