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CVE-2006-6424

73
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6424 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Novell NetMail before version 3.52e FTF2. Specifically, a heap overflow can occur via crafted IMAP command continuation requests, and a stack overflow can be triggered by malformed arguments to the NMAP STOR command. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.0, indicating a high-impact remote attack that, with successful authentication, allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, public exploit code exists, including a Metasploit module, suggesting a high potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:*:e-ftfl:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.3aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.0.3a:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.3aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.0.3a:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
59.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Novell NetMail NMAP STOR Buffer Overflow · Dec 23, 2006
ExploitDB: EDB-16813 · May 9, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5947 is in the 99th 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/23437
PatchVendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/2081
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
secure-support.novell.com / KanisaPlatform/Publishing/134/3096026_f.SAL_Public.html
Patch
cirt.dk / advisories/cirt-48-advisory.txt
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/381161
US Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/912505
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / archive/1/455201/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/455202/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21724
securityfocus.com / bid/21725
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/5134
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-06-052.html
PatchVendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-06-053.html
PatchVendor Advisory