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CVE-2006-4228

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4228 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Symantec Veritas NetBackup PureDisk Remote Office Edition 6.0 prior to MP1 20060816, affecting its management interface. This flaw allows remote attackers to gain elevated privileges through unspecified attack vectors. With a CVSS score of 9.0, it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it has not garnered widespread attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:netbackup_puredisk_remote_office_edition:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0289 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 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, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

secunia.com / advisories/21507
PatchVendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/1412
securityresponse.symantec.com / avcenter/security/Content/2006.08.16.html
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
seer.entsupport.symantec.com / docs/284734.htm
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28415
securityfocus.com / archive/1/443395/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/443520/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/19524
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3299