THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-4509
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-4509

Edirectory vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
7.5%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
Integer overflow in the evtFilteredMonitorEventsRequest function in the LDAP service in Novell eDirectory before 8.8.1 FTF1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request.
Affected vendor
Novell
Affected product
Edirectory
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2006-10-24

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete 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-2006-4509

  • Confirm whether Novell Edirectory is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-4509.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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