Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-0911

Title: Ipswitch Whatsup Denial of Service (DoS)

Denial of Service (DoS)

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-0911

CWE Category CWE-399
Published Date Feb 28, 2006
Modified Date Apr 03, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
5.31%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-0911: NmService.exe in Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted requests to Login.asp, possibly involving the (1) "In]" and (2) "b;tnLogIn" parameters, or (3) malformed btnLogIn parameters, possibly involving missing "[" (open bracket) or "[" (closing bracket) characters, as demonstrated by "&btnLogIn=[Log&In]=&" or "&b;tnLogIn=[Log&In]=&" in the URL. NOTE: due to the lack of diagnosis by the original researcher, the precise nature of the vulnerability is unclear.

Impacted Vendors

I
ipswitch 1

Reference Links

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/472 http://www.osvdb.org/23494 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425780/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16771 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0704 http://zur.homelinux.com/Advisories/ipswitch_dos.txt https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24864 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/472 http://www.osvdb.org/23494 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425780/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16771 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0704 http://zur.homelinux.com/Advisories/ipswitch_dos.txt https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24864
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-0911 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27258
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.