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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2006-6761 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP daemon (IMAPD) in Novell NetMail before 3.52e FTF2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arb…

published 2006-12-27 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-6744

cvss
6.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
53.4%
EPSS 53.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP daemon (IMAPD) in Novell NetMail before 3.52e FTF2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the SUBSCRIBE command.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/imap/novell_netmail_subscribe)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

53.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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