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CVE-2006-4014

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4014 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam (SBAS) versions prior to 6.0.4. When the Control Center is configured to allow connections from any computer, remote attackers can trigger an application freeze by sending malformed posts. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:brightmail_antispam:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:brightmail_antispam:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:brightmail_antispam:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:brightmail_antispam:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0165 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/21223
PatchVendor Advisory
securityresponse.symantec.com / avcenter/security/Content/2006.07.27.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/19182
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3018