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CVE-2006-5854

60
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5854 describes multiple buffer overflows within the Spooler service (nwspool.dll) of Novell Netware Client versions 4.91 through 4.91 SP2. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying overly long arguments to the EnumPrinters and OpenPrinter functions. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this is a high-severity vulnerability, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, suggesting a potential for exploitation, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.91CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:netware_client:4.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.91CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:netware_client:4.91:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.91CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:netware_client:4.91:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
57.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-3220 · Jan 29, 2007
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5729 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/23027
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30461
support.novell.com / cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/300636
US Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/653076
US Government Resource
novell.com / support/search.do
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/453012/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21220
securityfocus.com / data/vulnerabilities/exploits/testlpc.c
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4631
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-06-043.html
PatchVendor Advisory