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CVE-2006-6974· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Headstart Solutions DeskPRO stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers

Headstart Solutions DeskPRO stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to (1) list files in the includes/ directory; obtain the SQL username and password via a direct request for (2) config.php and (3) config.php.bak in includes/; read files in (4) email/, (5) admin/graphs/, (6) includes/javascript/, and (7) certain other includes/ directories via direct requests; and download SQL database data via direct requests for (8) data.sql, (9) install.sql, (10) settings.sql, and possibly other files in install/v2data/.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Feb 7, 2007
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.3% · 70th percentile
CWE
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Action score

30

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
headstart solutionsdeskpro

Affected versions

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  • headstart solutions deskproall versions

Same product

headstart solutions: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2006-6973Headstart Solutions DeskPRO does not require authentication for certain files and directories associated with administrative activities, whi
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2006-6998install/loader_help.php in Headstart Solutions DeskPRO allows remote attackers to obtain configuration information via a q=phpinfo QUERY_STR
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2006-7000Headstart Solutions DeskPRO allows remote attackers to obtain the full path via direct requests to (1) email/mail.php, (2) includes/init.php
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2006-6999attachment.php in Headstart Solutions DeskPRO allows remote attackers to read all uploaded files by providing the file number in a modified
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2007-4412Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Headstart Solutions DeskPRO 3.0.2 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrar
    14Monitor
  • CVE-2007-4413Direct static code injection vulnerability in admincp/user_help.php in Headstart Solutions DeskPRO 3.0.2 allows remote authenticated users t
    14Monitor

Remediation

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Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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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
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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