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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2006-0230 in the critical feed json

Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.0.24, and possibly other versions before 5.1.0.7, uses a client-side check to verify a password, which allows remo…

published 2006-04-25 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0238

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
16.5%
EPSS 16.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.0.24, and possibly other versions before 5.1.0.7, uses a client-side check to verify a password, which allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges via a modified client that sends certain XML requests.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-1703)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

16.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1703 Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.x - Change Admin Password remote, 2006-04-21
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2006-q2/0010.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.