CVE-2006-6605

Stack-based buffer overflow in the POP service in MailEnable Standard 1.98 and earlier; Professional 1.84, and 2.35 and earlier; and Enterprise 1.41, and 2.35 and earlier before ME-10026 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the PASS command.

Published: 2006-12-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6605 is rated High Risk (73.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 51.97%, 98th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6605

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 2025-08-07 53.01% 51.97% -1.04%
2 2025-03-30 49.70% 53.01% +3.32%
3 2025-03-29 — 49.70% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6605

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6605

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6605

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6605: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6605

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6605

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mailenable mailenable_enterprise <= 2.35 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_enterprise 1.41 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_enterprise:1.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_professional <= 2.35 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_professional 1.84 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.84:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_standard <= 1.98 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_standard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6605

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