CVE-2006-0794
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedhelp.php in V-webmail 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via unspecified invalid parameters. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceV-webmail 1.6.2 help.php contains an information disclosure vulnerability that exposes the application's installation path when invalid parameters are provided. This path disclosure could aid attackers in reconnaissance for further attacks against the system.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.6.1= 1.6.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate V-webmail installation directorySearch the web server document root for directories containing 'v-webmail', 'webmail', or 'vwebmail' folders. Check common paths like /var/www/, /home/*/public_html/, C:\inetpub\wwwroot\, or use 'find / -name "help.php" -path "*webmail*" 2>/dev/null' on Linux/Unix systems.Affected if V-webmail is found installed on the system
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Identify V-webmail versionCheck the version.php file typically located in the V-webmail root directory, or examine the main index.php or a README file for version information. Look for strings like '1.6.1' or '1.6.2'.Affected if The installed version is 1.6.1 or 1.6.2
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Verify help.php existsCheck for the presence of help.php in the V-webmail installation directory. Common path: /path/to/v-webmail/help.php. On Windows IIS, check C:\inetpub\wwwroot\v-webmail\help.php or similar.Affected if The file help.php exists in the V-webmail directory
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Test for path disclosure vulnerabilityUsing a web browser or curl command, request the help.php file with invalid parameters, for example: curl "http://TARGET/v-webmail/help.php?module=invalid" or "http://TARGET/v-webmail/help.php?action=nonexistent". Inspect the response for full file system paths.Affected if The response contains absolute file system paths such as /var/www/html/v-webmail/ or C:\inetpub\wwwroot\v-webmail\
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Check web server error logsExamine the web server error logs (Apache error.log, IIS HTTP logs, or Nginx error.log) for entries related to help.php with invalid parameters. Look for path disclosure in error messages.Affected if Error logs show full installation paths in error messages triggered by help.php
The system is affected if V-webmail versions 1.6.1 or 1.6.2 are installed and the help.php file exposes installation paths when accessed with invalid parameters.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade V-webmail to the latest version or patch the help.php file to prevent path disclosure errors. If upgrade is not feasible, implement proper error handling that does not reveal system paths.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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