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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-0818 · published 21 July 2006

CVE-2006-0818: Deerfield visnetic mail server vulnerability

Deerfield · Visnetic Mail Server

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.

4.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.1% · top 19.1%
4.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
24References, 10 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/18953 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18966 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-12/advisory/ ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-14/advisory/ ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016513
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016514
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440297/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440302/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19002 ExploitPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19007
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2825
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27780
http://secunia.com/advisories/18953 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18966 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-12/advisory/ ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-14/advisory/ ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016513
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016514
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440297/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440302/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19002 ExploitPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19007
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2825
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27780

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Related vulnerabilities

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-0818), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-11). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.