CVE-2006-3831 — 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

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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

Published Jul 25, 2006

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.39%

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

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.39% 0.01392

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01392

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	1.39% (0.01392)	71.38th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.33% (0.01330)	67.26th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.41% (0.00411)	59.30th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.04% (0.01038)	84.61th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 3, 2024	1.04% (0.01038)	83.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 28, 2023	1.04% (0.01038)	81.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 20, 2023	0.98% (0.00979)	81.21th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 13, 2023	0.69% (0.00695)	77.13th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.60% (0.00596)	75.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

http://secunia.com/advisories/21066
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1271
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016515
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.acid-root.new.fr/advisories/boastmachine.txt
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440306/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/21066		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1271		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016515		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.acid-root.new.fr/advisories/boastmachine.txt		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440306/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 25, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jul 24, 2006

Link CVE-2006-3831

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-3831

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-3831