CVE-2006-3551

NCP Secure Enterprise Client (aka VPN/PKI client) 8.30 Build 59, and possibly earlier versions, when the Link Firewall and Personal Firewall are both configured to block all inbound and outbound network traffic, allows context-dependent attackers to send inbound UDP traffic with source port 67 and destination port 68, and outbound UDP traffic with source port 68 and destination port 67.

Published: 2006-07-13 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3551 is rated Low Risk (11.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3551

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 2026-06-15 0.07% 0.27% +0.20%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3551

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.2 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
1.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3551

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3551

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ncp_network_communications secure_client <= 8.30_build_59 cpe:2.3:a:ncp_network_communications:secure_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3551

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