CVE-2006-3015
Argument injection vulnerability in WinSCP 3.8.1 build 328 allows remote attackers to upload or download arbitrary files via encoded…
- 7.1HighCVSS base score
- 6.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in WinSCP 3.8.1 build 328 allows remote attackers to upload or download arbitrary files via encoded spaces and double-quote characters in a scp or sftp URI.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- WinSCP 3.8.1 - URI Handler Arbitrary File Access (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28007remote, windowspublished 12 Jun 2006Verified
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Timeline
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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 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.5% · top 6.2% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- winscp-uri-handler-command-execution(27075) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://winscp.net/eng/docs/history#3.8.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20060611 WinSCP - URI Handler Command Switch Parsing (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20060310 WinSCP - URI Handler Command Switch Parsing (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20575 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2289 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 18384 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#912588 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_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-2006-3012 (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-2006-3015)Record last updated .