HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-1651

Isa Server vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
15.2%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft ISA Server 2004 allows remote attackers to bypass certain filtering rules, including ones for (1) ICMP and (2) TCP, via IPv6 packets. NOTE: An established researcher has disputed this issue, saying that "Neither ISA Server 2004 nor Windows 2003 Basic Firewall support IPv6 filtering ... This is different network protocol.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Isa Server
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2006-04-06

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 15.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-1651

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Isa Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-1651.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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