VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-0911

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 16.3%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.3%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

NmService.exe in Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted requests to Login.asp, possibly involving the (1) "In]" and (2) "b;tnLogIn" parameters, or (3) malformed btnLogIn parameters, possibly involving missing "[" (open bracket) or "[" (closing bracket) characters, as demonstrated by "&btnLogIn=[Log&In]=&" or "&b;tnLogIn=[Log&In]=&" in the URL. NOTE: due to the lack of diagnosis by the original researcher, the precise nature of the vulnerability is unclear.

CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS: 16.27% probability · 97th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-399
Affected: ipswitch/whatsup
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/472
http://www.osvdb.org/23494Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425780/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16771Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0704Vendor Advisory
http://zur.homelinux.com/Advisories/ipswitch_dos.txtExploit, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24864
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/472
http://www.osvdb.org/23494Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425780/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16771Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0704Vendor Advisory
http://zur.homelinux.com/Advisories/ipswitch_dos.txtExploit, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24864

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.