CVE-2006-3252
Buffer overflow in the Online Registration Facility for Algorithmic Research PrivateWire VPN software up to 3.7 allows remote attackers to…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 62.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in the Online Registration Facility for Algorithmic Research PrivateWire VPN software up to 3.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long GET request.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Private Wire Gateway Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/http/privatewire_gatewayRank averagedisclosed 26 Jun 2006
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Private Wire Gateway - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16760remote, windowspublished 30 Apr 2010Verified
- PrivateWire Gateway 3.7 (Windows x86) - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2680remote, windows_x86published 29 Oct 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 62.2% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 1152 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- privatewire-registration-bo(27430) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060626 ERNW Security Advisory 01/2006 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 18647 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1016382 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20812 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2549 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-3249 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-3252)Record last updated .