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CVE-2005-3559· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Directory traversal vulnerability in vmail.cgi in Asterisk 1.0.9 through 1.2.0-beta1 allows remote attackers to access WAV files via a ..

Directory traversal vulnerability in vmail.cgi in Asterisk 1.0.9 through 1.2.0-beta1 allows remote attackers to access WAV files via a .. (dot dot) in the folder parameter.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—Proof of concept Fix available
Published
Nov 16, 2005
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
20.2% · 97th percentile
CWE
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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
6 / 30 · 20.2%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
digiumasterisk

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • digium asterisk0.1.0
  • digium asterisk0.1.1
  • digium asterisk0.1.10
  • digium asterisk0.1.11
  • digium asterisk0.1.12
  • digium asterisk0.1.2
  • digium asterisk0.1.3
  • digium asterisk0.1.4
  • digium asterisk0.1.5
  • digium asterisk0.1.6
  • digium asterisk0.1.7
  • digium asterisk0.1.8
  • digium asterisk0.1.9
  • digium asterisk0.2.0
  • digium asterisk0.3.0
  • digium asterisk0.4.0
  • digium asterisk0.5.0
  • digium asterisk0.7.0
  • digium asterisk0.7.1
  • digium asterisk0.7.2

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:14asteriskbefore 1:1.2.7.1.dfsg-21:1.2.7.1.dfsg-2
Debian:3.0asteriskbefore 0.1.11-3woody10.1.11-3woody1
Debian:3.1asteriskbefore 1:1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge21:1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2

Same product

digium: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2006-5444Integer overflow in the get_input function in the Skinny channel driver (chan_skinny.c) in Asterisk 1.0.x before 1.0.12 and 1.2.x before 1.2
    56Plan
  • CVE-2017-17850An issue was discovered in Asterisk 13.18.4 and older, 14.7.4 and older, 15.1.4 and older, and 13.18-cert1 and older.
    53Plan
  • CVE-2019-18610An issue was discovered in manager.c in Sangoma Asterisk through 13.x, 16.x, 17.x and Certified Asterisk 13.21 through 13.21-cert4.
    50Plan
  • CVE-2018-7284A Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in Asterisk through 13.19.1, 14.x through 14.7.5, and 15.x through 15.2.1, and Certified Asterisk thr
    50Plan
  • CVE-2018-17281There is a stack consumption vulnerability in the res_http_websocket.so module of Asterisk through 13.23.0, 14.7.x through 14.7.7, and 15.x
    46Plan
  • CVE-2017-14098In the pjsip channel driver (res_pjsip) in Asterisk 13.x before 13.17.1 and 14.x before 14.6.1, a carefully crafted tel URI in a From, To, o
    45Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:asterisk1:1.2.7.1.dfsg-2 · Debian:14Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2005-11-07

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-9 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+7623 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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