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CVE-2006-2612
Novell Client for Windows 4.8 and 4.9 does not restrict access to the clipboard contents while a machine is locked, which allows users…
Low2.1EPSS 0.37%
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Description
Novell Client for Windows 4.8 and 4.9 does not restrict access to the clipboard contents while a machine is locked, which allows users with physical access to read the current clipboard contents by pasting them into the "User Name" field on the login prompt.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 20194 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060521 Novell Client login form enables reading and writing from and to the clipboard of the logged-in user (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 25760 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 961 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20060522 Re: Novell Client login form enables reading and writing from and to the clipboard of the logged-in user (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- novell-client-clipboard-leak(26595) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- 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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