CVE-2006-5382

3Com Switch SS3 4400 switches, firmware 5.11, 6.00 and 6.10 and earlier, allow remote attackers to read the SNMP Read-Write Community string and conduct unauthorized actions via unspecified "normally restricted management packets on the device" that cause the community string to be returned.

Published: 2006-10-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5382 is rated Moderate Risk (57.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.16%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5382

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 2025-06-13 1.11% 1.16% +0.04%
2 2025-03-17 1.90% 1.11% -0.79%
3 2023-10-06 — 1.90% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5382

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-2006-5382

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5382

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5382: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5382

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5382

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
3com superstack_3_switch_4400 <= firmware_6.10 cpe:2.3:h:3com:superstack_3_switch_4400:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3com superstack_3_switch_4400 firmware_5.11 cpe:2.3:h:3com:superstack_3_switch_4400:firmware_5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3com superstack_3_switch_4400 firmware_6.00 cpe:2.3:h:3com:superstack_3_switch_4400:firmware_6.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5382

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