CVE-2006-6974

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—

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/.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 7.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.34%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 70
Score date: 10/2/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Headstart Solutions — Deskpro

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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