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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2717

Original release date:05/31/2006
Last revised:03/08/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in Secure Elements Class 5 AVR client and server (aka C5 EVM) before 2.8.1 allows authenticated attackers to overwrite arbitrary files (1) on a server during an update or (2) on a client via modified pathnames, possibly due to a directory traversal issue.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:4.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#912217
Name: VU#912217
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/912217
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#764025
Name: VU#764025
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/764025
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 20378
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20378
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-2069
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2069
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/WDON-6QAPC5
Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/WDON-6QAPC5
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/WDON-6QAJFA
Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/WDON-6QAJFA
External Source: XF
Name: c5emv-client-pathname-file-overwrite(26771)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26771
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1016184
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016184

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2717