CVE-2006-7086
The (1) dlback.php and (2) dlback.cgi scripts in Hot Links allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and download the…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 3.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The (1) dlback.php and (2) dlback.cgi scripts in Hot Links allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and download the database via a direct request with a modified dl parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Hot Links - Perl PHP Information Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29047webapps, phppublished 15 Nov 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- hotlinks-dlback-information-disclosure(30340) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 22970 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061115 Hot Links download backup authorized vulnerabilities (re-post) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21112 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4585 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20061115 Hot Links download backup authorized vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-7068 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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