CVE-2006-6717

The Allied Telesis AT-9000/24 Ethernet switch accepts management packets from arbitrary VLANs, contrary to the documentation, which allows remote attackers to conduct attacks against the switch from unexpected locations.

Published: 2006-12-23 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6717 is rated Moderate Risk (56.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.88%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6717

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 2025-08-11 0.72% 0.88% +0.16%
2 2025-03-30 0.79% 0.72% -0.07%
3 2025-03-29 0.79%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6717

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-2006-6717

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6717

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6717: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6717

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6717

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alliedtelesyn at-9000_24_ethernetswitch cpe:2.3:h:alliedtelesyn:at-9000_24_ethernetswitch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6717

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