CVE-2006-5968

MDaemon 9.0.5, 9.0.6, 9.51, and 9.53, and possibly other versions, installs the MDaemon application folder with insecure permissions (Users create files/directories), which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by creating malicious RASAPI32.DLL or MPRAPI.DLL libraries in the MDaemon\APP folder, which is an untrusted search path element due to insecure permissions.

Published: 2006-11-17 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5968 is rated Low Risk (26.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5968

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 2024-04-11 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
2 2023-03-07 1.75% 0.04% -1.71%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.75% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5968

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5968

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5968

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5968: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5968

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5968

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alt-n mdaemon 9.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:9.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 9.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:9.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 9.51 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:9.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 9.53 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:9.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5968

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