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.
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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1540 | exploit_db | edb | 2006-02-28 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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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 |