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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2006-3838 in the critical feed json

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in eIQnetworks Enterprise Security Analyzer (ESA) before 2.5.0, as used in products including (a) Sid…

published 2006-07-27 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-3832

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
73.6%
EPSS 73.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
8
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in eIQnetworks Enterprise Security Analyzer (ESA) before 2.5.0, as used in products including (a) Sidewinder, (b) iPolicy Security Manager, (c) Astaro Report Manager, (d) Fortinet FortiReporter, (e) Top Layer Network Security Analyzer, and possibly other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long (1) DELTAINTERVAL, (2) LOGFOLDER, (3) DELETELOGS, (4) FWASERVER, (5) SYSLOGPUBLICIP, (6) GETFWAIMPORTLOG, (7) GETFWADELTA, (8) DELETERDEPDEVICE, (9) COMPRESSRAWLOGFILE, (10) GETSYSLOGFIREWALLS, (11) ADDPOLICY, and (12) EDITPOLICY commands to the Syslog daemon (syslogserver.exe); (13) GUIADDDEVICE, (14) ADDDEVICE, and (15) DELETEDEVICE commands to the Topology server (Topology.exe); the (15) LICMGR_ADDLICENSE command to the License Manager (EnterpriseSecurityAnalyzer.exe); the (16) TRACE and (17) QUERYMONITOR commands to the Monitoring agent (Monitoring.exe); and possibly other vectors related to the Syslog daemon (syslogserver.exe).

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/misc/eiqnetworks_esa)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

73.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/misc/eiqnetworks_esa_topology eIQNetworks ESA Topology DELETEDEVICE Overflow metasploit exploit, average rank, 2006-07-25
  • Metasploit exploit/windows/misc/eiqnetworks_esa eIQNetworks ESA License Manager LICMGR_ADDLICENSE Overflow metasploit exploit, average rank, 2006-07-24
  • EDB-16451 eIQNetworks ESA - License Manager LICMGR_ADDLICENSE Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-09-20
  • EDB-16438 eIQNetworks ESA - Topology DELETEDEVICE Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-09-20
  • EDB-2140 eIQnetworks License Manager - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (3) remote, 2006-08-07
  • EDB-2080 eIQnetworks License Manager - Remote Buffer Overflow (multi) (1) remote, 2006-07-27
  • EDB-2075 eIQnetworks License Manager - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (2) remote, 2006-07-26
  • EDB-2074 eIQnetworks License Manager - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (1) remote, 2006-07-26

CVSS scores

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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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