SpamAssassin before 3.1.3, when running with vpopmail and the paranoid (-P) switch, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted message that is not properly handled when invoking spamd with the virtual pop username.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2447 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 75.80%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.40% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16920 | exploit_db | edb | 2010-04-30 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 9914 | exploit_db | edb | 2006-06-06 | 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 | 2026-03-04 | 74.40% | 75.80% | +1.40% |
| 2 | 2025-05-09 | 74.03% | 74.40% | +0.37% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 74.03% | — |
Full EPSS history (17 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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4.9 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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medium | CVE-2006-2447 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (spamassassin), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-2447 |
gentoo
|
high | CVE-2006-2447: 1 GLSA(s) (200606-09), 1 atom(s) (mail-filter/spamassassin); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-2447 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2447 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2006-2447 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (spamassassin), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-2447 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | spamassassin | 3.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:spamassassin:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | spamassassin | 3.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:spamassassin:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | spamassassin | 3.1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:spamassassin:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |