CVE-2006-5715

Easy Address Book vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

6.2%

EPSS pct

93th

Exploited

No known

Easy File Sharing (EFS) Easy Address Book 1.2, when run on an NTFS file system, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files under the web root by appending "::$DATA" to the end of an HTTP GET request, which accesses the alternate data stream.

Affected vendor

Efs Software

Affected product

Easy Address Book

CVSS vector

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

Published

2006-11-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 6.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-5715

Confirm whether Efs Software Easy Address Book is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-5715.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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