Vulnerability in Ipswitch Whatsup
CVE-2006-0911
NmService.exe in Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted requests to Login.asp, possibly involving the (1) "In]" and (2) "b;tnLogIn" parameters, or (3) malformed btnLogIn parameters, possibly involving missing "[" (open bracket) or "[" (closing bracket) characters, as demonstrated by "&btnLogIn=[Log&In]=&" or "&b;tnLogIn=[Log&In]=&" in the URL. NOTE: due to the lack of diagnosis by the original researcher, the precise nature of the vulnerability is unclear.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.163 (96.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.163 · newest: 0.163 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ipswitch Whatsup — versions professional_2006
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0704 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16771 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/472 (third-party-advisory)
- zur.homelinux.com/Advisories/ipswitch_dos.txt (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/23494 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425780/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24864 (vdb-entry)