HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-2579

Openview Storage Data Protector vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
6.2%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
Unspecified vulnerability in HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 5.1 and 5.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Affected vendor
Hp
Affected product
Openview Storage Data Protector
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2006-05-24

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 6.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-2579

  • Confirm whether Hp Openview Storage Data Protector is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-2579.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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