CVE-2006-6424
Multiple buffer overflows in Novell NetMail before 3.52e FTF2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (1) by appending literals…
- 9.0HighCVSS base score
- 60.3%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 Novell NetMail before 3.52e FTF2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (1) by appending literals to certain IMAP verbs when specifying command continuation requests to IMAPD, resulting in a heap overflow; and (2) via crafted arguments to the STOR command to the Network Messaging Application Protocol (NMAP) daemon, resulting in a stack overflow.
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 an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- Novell NetMail NMAP STOR Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/novell/nmap_storRank averagedisclosed 23 Dec 2006
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Novell NetMail 3.52d - NMAP STOR Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16813remote, windowspublished 9 May 2010Verified
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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- 18 days later
· 18 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 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 60.3% · top 0.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- VU#381161 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/134/3096026_f.SAL_Public.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 2081 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 21725 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20061223 ZDI-06-052: Novell NetMail NMAP STOR Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-5134 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.cirt.dk/advisories/cirt-48-advisory.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1017437 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-053.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-052.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 21724 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#912505 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 23437 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061223 ZDI-06-053: Novell NetMail IMAP Verb Literal Heap Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2006-6407 (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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