CVE-2006-6662

Unspecified vulnerability in Linux User Management (novell-lum) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 and Open Enterprise Server 9, under unspecified conditions, allows local users to log in to the console without a password.

Published: 2006-12-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6662 is rated Low Risk (23.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.28%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6662

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 0.06% 0.28% +0.23%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6662

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 2.7 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6662

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6662

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6662: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6662

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-6662

Solution: Under certain circumstances it is possible to login to the console without a legitimate password. However, those circumstances are unspecified.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6662

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
suse suse_open_enterprise_server 9 cpe:2.3:a:suse:suse_open_enterprise_server:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 10 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 10 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:10:*:enterprise_desktop:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6662

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