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CVE-2006-4185

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4185 describes an unspecified denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the NCPENGINE component of Novell eDirectory version 8.7.3.8. A local attacker can exploit this flaw to cause high CPU consumption, leading to a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 4.9, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring local access and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.7.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.7.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.7.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 43rd 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/21496
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
support.novell.com / cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi
Patch
osvdb.org / 28369
securityfocus.com / bid/19498
Patch