Vulnerability in Novell Netware Client
CVE-2006-5854
Multiple buffer overflows in the Spooler service (nwspool.dll) in Novell Netware Client 4.91 through 4.91 SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) EnumPrinters and (2) OpenPrinter functions.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.575 (99.1th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.575 · newest: 0.575 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Novell Netware Client — versions 4.91
References
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/300636 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/testlpc.c
- www.novell.com/support/search.do (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21220 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4631 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453012/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-043.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/653076 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)