{"cve":"CVE-2006-5596","nvd":{"published":"2006-10-28T00:07:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:31:30.227","status":"Modified","description":"Directory traversal vulnerability in the SSL server in AEP Smartgate 4.3b allows remote attackers to download arbitrary files via ..\\ (dot dot backslash) sequences in an HTTP GET request.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/22550","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20722","http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4224","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29817","https://prdelka.blackart.org.uk/exploitz/prdelka-vs-AEP-smartgate.c"],"products":["aep_networks:smartgate_ssl_server"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:43:14.363260067+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-5596","score":0.02966,"percentile":0.87232,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}