CVE-2006-4509

Integer overflow in the evtFilteredMonitorEventsRequest function in the LDAP service in Novell eDirectory before 8.8.1 FTF1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request.

Published: 2006-10-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-4509 is rated High Risk (73.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 34.95%, 97th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4509

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 2026-04-28 35.12% 34.95% -0.17%
2 2026-04-25 44.87% 35.12% -9.75%
3 2025-08-30 — 44.87% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4509

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4509

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-4509

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-4509: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-4509

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4509

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
novell edirectory 8.8 cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell edirectory 8.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4509

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