CVE-2006-5167

Exp

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in BasiliX 1.1.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the (1) BSX_LIBDIR parameter in scripts in /files/ including (a) abook.php3, (b) compose-attach.php3, (c) compose-menu.php3, (d) compose-new.php3, (e) compose-send.php3, (f) folder-create.php3, (g) folder-delete.php3, (h) folder-empty.php3, (i) folder-rename.php3, (j) folders.php3, (k) mbox-action.php3, (l) mbox-list.php3, (m) message-delete.php3, (n) message-forward.php3, (o) message-header.php3, (p) message-print.php3, (q) message-read.php3, (r) message-reply.php3, (s) message-replyall.php3, (t) message-search.php3, or (u) settings.php3; and the (2) BSX_HTXDIR parameter in (v) files/login.php3.

Published: 2006-10-05 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5167 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.83%, 94th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.86% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5167

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2465 exploit_db edb 2006-10-01 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5167

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-09-02 10.97% 12.83% +1.86%
2 2025-05-23 10.59% 10.97% +0.38%
3 2025-03-30 — 10.59% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5167

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5167

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5167

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5167: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5167

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-5167

Solution: Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5167

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
basilix basilix_webmail <= 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:basilix:basilix_webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
basilix basilix_webmail 0.9.7_beta cpe:2.3:a:basilix:basilix_webmail:0.9.7_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
basilix basilix_webmail 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:basilix:basilix_webmail:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
basilix basilix_webmail 1.02_beta cpe:2.3:a:basilix:basilix_webmail:1.02_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
basilix basilix_webmail 1.03_beta cpe:2.3:a:basilix:basilix_webmail:1.03_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5167

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