CVE-2006-6762

The IMAP daemon (IMAPD) in Novell NetMail before 3.52e FTF2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via an APPEND command with a single "(" (parenthesis) in the argument.

Published: 2006-12-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6762 is rated Moderate Risk (42.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.68%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6762

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 1.15% 1.68% +0.52%
2 2025-08-30 1.10% 1.15% +0.06%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.10% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6762

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6762

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6762

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6762: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6762

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-6762

Solution: This vulnerability is addressed in the following product update: Novell, NetMail, 3.52e FTF2

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6762

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
novell netmail 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.5.2:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell netmail 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.5.2:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell netmail 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.5.2:c:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell netmail 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.5.2:c1:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell netmail 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.5.2:d:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell netmail 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.5.2:e-ftfl:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6762

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