CVE-2006-0911

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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.

Published: 2006-02-28 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-0911 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.31%). Core evidence: 4 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-2006-0911

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27258 exploit_db edb 2006-02-22 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0911

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 2025-11-26 5.78% 5.31% -0.48%
2 2025-07-22 5.11% 5.78% +0.67%
3 2025-03-30 5.11%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0911

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0911

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0911

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ipswitch whatsup professional_2006 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:whatsup:professional_2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0911

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