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CVE-2006-0911
NmService.exe in Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted…
Medium5.0EPSS 16.3%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.3% · top 3.0% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (7)
- ADV-2006-0704 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 16771 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 472 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://zur.homelinux.com/Advisories/ipswitch_dos.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 23494 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20060222 IpSwitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- whatsup-nmservice-dos(24864) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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