Directory traversal vulnerability in Flatnuke 2.5.6 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) and null byte (%00…

Published 20 y ago 2005-12-13 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

5.0

v2.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

8.1%

percentile 95%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

Directory traversal vulnerability in Flatnuke 2.5.6 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) and null byte (%00) in the id parameter of the read module.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

8.11% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-1367 Flatnuke 2.5.6 - Privilege Escalation / Remote Command Execution · webapps · 2005-12-10
EDB-1140 Flatnuke 2.5.5 - Remote Code Execution · webapps · 2005-08-08

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	2.0	5.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`

References

securityfocus.com /archive/1/419107/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/15796 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id?1015339 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2005-4208
NVD: CVE-2005-4208

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Summary

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

Exploits and detections

CVSS scores

References

Sources