CVE-2006-3223

Format string vulnerability in CA Integrated Threat Management (ITM), eTrust Antivirus (eAV), and eTrust PestPatrol (ePP) r8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a scan job with format strings in the description field.

Published: 2006-06-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3223 is rated Moderate Risk (58/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.71%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3223

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 1.94% 1.71% -0.23%
2 2025-03-29 1.71% 1.94% +0.23%
3 2025-03-17 1.71%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3223

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3223

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3223

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
broadcom etrust_antivirus 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:etrust_antivirus:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom etrust_pestpatrol 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:etrust_pestpatrol:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom integrated_threat_management 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:integrated_threat_management:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3223

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