CVE-2006-3831

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-07-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Backup selection in Kailash Nadh boastMachine (formerly bMachine) 3.1 and earlier uses predicable filenames for database backups and stores the files under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by downloading a backup file.

Affected products

Kailash Nadh Boastmachine: through 3.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21066
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1271
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016515
http://www.acid-root.new.fr/advisories/boastmachine.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440306/100/0/threaded
http://secunia.com/advisories/21066
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1271
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016515
http://www.acid-root.new.fr/advisories/boastmachine.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440306/100/0/threaded

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