CVE-2006-0900

Exp

nfsd in FreeBSD 6.0 kernel allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted NFS mount request, as demonstrated by the ProtoVer NFS test suite.

Published: 2006-02-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-0900 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 79.33%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-0900

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1540 exploit_db edb 2006-02-28 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0900

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 96.25% 79.33% -16.93%
2 2025-02-03 95.90% 96.25% +0.35%
3 2024-12-17 95.90%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0900

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0900

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-0900

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-0900 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kfreebsd-5), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 5, DNE 2, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-0900

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0900

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freebsd freebsd 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0900

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