HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-1044

Listserv vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
7.5%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
Multiple buffer overflows in LISTSERV 14.3 and 14.4, including LISTSERV Lite and HPO, with the web archive interface enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors related to the WA CGI. NOTE: technical details will be released after the grace period has ended on 20060603.
Affected vendor
Lsoft
Affected product
Listserv
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2006-03-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-1044

  • Confirm whether Lsoft Listserv is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-1044.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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