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CVE-2006-0992

81
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0992 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Novell GroupWise Messenger versions prior to 2.0 Public Beta 2. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted, long Accept-Language value without a comma or semicolon. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploit code, including a Metasploit module, is publicly available, although there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise_messenger:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
72.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Novell Messenger Server 2.0 Accept-Language Overflow · Apr 13, 2006
ExploitDB: EDB-16757 · Sep 20, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7283 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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

cirt.dk / advisories/cirt-42-advisory.txt
metasploit.blogspot.com / 2006/04/exploit-development-groupwise_14.html
secunia.com / advisories/19663
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25828
support.novell.com / cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi
Patch
exploit-db.com / exploits/1679
osvdb.org / 24617
securityfocus.com / archive/1/430911/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17503
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1355
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-06-008.html
PatchVendor Advisory