CVE-2006-4689

Unspecified vulnerability in the driver for the Client Service for NetWare (CSNW) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 up to SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang and reboot) via has unknown attack vectors, aka "NetWare Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Published: 2006-11-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4689 is rated Moderate Risk (57.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 65.30%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +2.74% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4689

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 2025-12-28 62.56% 65.30% +2.74%
2 2025-12-27 65.30% 62.56% -2.74%
3 2025-10-28 65.30%

Full EPSS history (24 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4689

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4689

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-4689

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-4689: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-4689

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4689

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_2000 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server sp1 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4689

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