CVE-2006-0925

Exp

Format string vulnerability in the IMAP4rev1 server in Alt-N MDaemon 8.1.1 and possibly 8.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by creating and then listing folders whose names contain format string specifiers.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-0925 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.70%). 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-2006-0925

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27329 exploit_db edb 2006-02-27 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0925

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 2025-03-30 4.78% 4.70% -0.08%
2 2025-03-29 4.70% 4.78% +0.08%
3 2025-03-17 4.70%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0925

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-2006-0925

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0925

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alt-n mdaemon 8.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 8.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:8.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0925

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