CVE-2006-2612 describes a vulnerability in Novell Client for Windows versions 4.8 and 4.9, where the clipboard contents remain accessible even when the machine is locked. This allows an attacker with physical access to paste the clipboard's contents into the login prompt's username field, potentially exposing sensitive information. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low severity due to requiring local access and having a low attack complexity, with the primary impact being a potential compromise of confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code available in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.8:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.9:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.