CVE-2006-5854

Exp

Multiple buffer overflows in the Spooler service (nwspool.dll) in Novell Netware Client 4.91 through 4.91 SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) EnumPrinters and (2) OpenPrinter functions.

Published: 2006-12-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5854 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 57.04%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5854

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3220 exploit_db edb 2007-01-29 Exploit-DB ↗
29146 exploit_db edb 2006-11-21 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5854

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 88.71% 57.04% -31.67%
2 2025-11-05 88.60% 88.71% +0.11%
3 2025-09-13 — 88.60% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5854

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-2006-5854

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5854

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5854: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5854

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5854

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
novell netware_client 4.91 cpe:2.3:a:novell:netware_client:4.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell netware_client 4.91 cpe:2.3:a:novell:netware_client:4.91:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell netware_client 4.91 cpe:2.3:a:novell:netware_client:4.91:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5854

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