CVE-2006-6496

The (1) VetMONNT.sys and (2) VetFDDNT.sys drivers in CA Anti-Virus 2007 8.1, Anti-Virus for Vista Beta 8.2, and CA Internet Security Suite 2007 v3.0 do not properly handle NULL buffers, which allows local users with administrative access to cause a denial of service (system crash) via certain IOCTLs.

Published: 2006-12-13 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6496 is rated Low Risk (30.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6496

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 2025-03-17 0.06% 0.05% -0.01%
2 2024-05-07 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6496

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 2.7 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6496

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6496

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6496: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6496

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6496

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
broadcom etrust_antivirus 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:etrust_antivirus:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom etrust_antivirus 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:etrust_antivirus:8.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom internet_security_suite 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:internet_security_suite:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6496

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