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CVE-2006-4803

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4803 describes a critical vulnerability in Novell Identity Manager (IDM) 3.0.1, specifically within its Fan-Out Linux and UNIX receiver scripts. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary commands through unspecified vectors involving environment variables and code injection. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it presents a high severity risk due to its low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting it is not widely targeted.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netiq:identity_manager:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 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 0.5 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/21888
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.novell.com / cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/20016
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3607
Third Party Advisory