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…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 59.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Multiple Printer Providers (Spooler Service) - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3220local, windowspublished 29 Jan 2007Verified
- Novell Client 4.91 - 'NWSPOOL.dll' Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29146remote, windowspublished 21 Nov 2006Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 23 days later
· 23 days later
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)
- 59.5% · top 0.9% 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
References13
- VU#300636 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/testlpc.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=3125538&sliceId=SAL_Public (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1017263 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 21220 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4631 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20061129 ZDI-06-043: Novell Netware Client Print Provider Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1017315 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-043.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#653076 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2974765.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- novell-nwspool-bo(30461) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 23027 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2006-5838 (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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