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medium 5.0

CVE-2006-0911 json

NmService.exe in Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted requ…

published 2006-02-28 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0915

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
16.3%
EPSS 16.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

NmService.exe in Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted requests to Login.asp, possibly involving the (1) "In]" and (2) "b;tnLogIn" parameters, or (3) malformed btnLogIn parameters, possibly involving missing "[" (open bracket) or "[" (closing bracket) characters, as demonstrated by "&btnLogIn=[Log&In]=&" or "&b;tnLogIn=[Log&In]=&" in the URL. NOTE: due to the lack of diagnosis by the original researcher, the precise nature of the vulnerability is unclear.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-27258)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

16.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27258 Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 - Remote Denial of Service dos, 2006-02-22
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16771 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • zur.homelinux.com http://zur.homelinux.com/Advisories/ipswitch_dos.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • osvdb.org http://www.osvdb.org/23494 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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