CVE-2006-4228

Symantec Veritas NetBackup PureDisk Remote Office Edition 6.0 before MP1 20060816 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges via unknown attack vectors in the management interface.

Published: 2006-08-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4228 is rated Moderate Risk (64.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.79%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4228

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 3.98% 2.79% -1.18%
2 2025-09-11 3.08% 3.98% +0.89%
3 2025-04-06 3.08%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4228

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4228

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-4228

Solution: This vulnerability is addresses in the following patch: Symantec Veritas, NetBackup PureDisk Remote Office Edition, 6.0 MP1 20060816

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4228

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec_veritas netbackup_puredisk_remote_office_edition 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:netbackup_puredisk_remote_office_edition:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4228

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