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TI-2006-00796 Aliases CVE-2006-0818GHSA-6fc2-x5pj-mq44

Absolute path directory traversal vulnerability in (1) MERAK Mail Server for Windows…

Priority LOW 23Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Absolute path directory traversal vulnerability in (1) MERAK Mail Server for Windows 8.3.8r with before IceWarp Web Mail 5.6.1 and (2) VisNetic MailServer before 8.5.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to include arbitrary files via a modified language parameter and a full Windows or UNC pathname in the lang_settings parameter to mail/index.html, which is not properly sanitized by the validatefolder PHP function, possibly due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-4558.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02074 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:deerfield:visnetic_mail_server:8.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.3.5VulnerableDeerfield
cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:web_mail:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.6.0VulnerableIceWarp
cpe:2.3:a:merak:mail_server:8.3.8r:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*8.3.8rVulnerableMerak
  • cpe:2.3:a:deerfield:visnetic_mail_server:8.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.3.5 Vulnerable ·Deerfield
  • cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:web_mail:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6.0 Vulnerable ·IceWarp
  • cpe:2.3:a:merak:mail_server:8.3.8r:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.3.8r Vulnerable ·Merak

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-0818
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6fc2-x5pj-mq44

References

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Sources

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