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CVE-2006-0043

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0043 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the realpath function of the nfs-server rpc.mountd, affecting SUSE Linux versions 9.1 through 10.0. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary code through unspecified vectors related to mount requests and symbolic links. With a CVSS score of 4.6, it is considered a low severity vulnerability, requiring local access with low attack complexity, and potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.1:*:personal:*:*:*:*:*
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.1:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.1:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.2:*:personal:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-0043

CVE-2006-0043

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
lists.suse.com / archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jan/0007.html
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18614
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18638
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18889
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24347
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-975
securityfocus.com / bid/16388
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0348