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CVE-2006-6306
Format string vulnerability in Novell Modular Authentication Services (NMAS) in the Novell Client 4.91 SP2 and SP3 allows users with…
- 1.2LowCVSS base score
- 0.37%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 68% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Format string vulnerability in Novell Modular Authentication Services (NMAS) in the Novell Client 4.91 SP2 and SP3 allows users with physical access to read stack and memory contents via format string specifiers in the Username field of the logon window.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | Low1.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 68% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References11
- 1970 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 1017377 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4987 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23363 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061201 Layered Defense Advisory: Novell Client 4.91 Format String Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- novell-nmas-format-string(30644) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2974876.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2974872.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/372/3546910_f.SAL_Public.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.layereddefense.com/Novell01DEC.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20061201 Layered Defense Advisory: Novell Client 4.91 Format String Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_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-2006-6289 (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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