CVE-2006-5780
Stack-based buffer overflow in nfsd.exe in XLink Omni-NFS Server 5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TCP…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 63.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in nfsd.exe in XLink Omni-NFS Server 5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TCP packet to port 2049 (nfsd), as demonstrated by vd_xlink.pm.
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. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Omni-NFS Server Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/nfs/xlink_nfsdRank averagedisclosed 6 Nov 2006
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Omni-NFS Server - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16389remote, windowspublished 11 Nov 2010Verified
- Omni-NFS Server 5.2 - 'nfsd.exe' Remote Stack Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2729remote, windowspublished 6 Nov 2006Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 2729 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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
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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)
- 63.4% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (11 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
10
- http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 22751 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20941 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 2729 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4380 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://gleg.net/downloads/VULNDISCO_META_FREE.tar.gz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1017172 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20061106 VulnDisco Pack for Metasploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- xlink-nfsserver-bo(30083) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1831 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_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-2006-5764 (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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