CVE-2006-5956

XLineSoft PHPRunner 3.1 stores the (1) database server name, (2) database names, (3) usernames, and (4) passwords in plaintext in %WINDIR%\PHPRunner.ini, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.

Published: 2006-11-17 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5956 is rated Low Risk (15.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.08%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5956

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 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.08% +0.03%
2 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.04% -0.91%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5956

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5956

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5956

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5956: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5956

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5956

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xlinesoft phprunner 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:xlinesoft:phprunner:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5956

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