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CVE-2006-4537
NET$SESSION_CONTROL.EXE in DECnet-Plus in OpenVMS ALPHA 7.3-2 and Alpha 8.2 writes a password to an audit log file when there is a…
Low2.1EPSS 0.62%
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- mitre
Description
NET$SESSION_CONTROL.EXE in DECnet-Plus in OpenVMS ALPHA 7.3-2 and Alpha 8.2 writes a password to an audit log file when there is a successful connection after a "network breakin" event, which allows local users to obtain passwords by reading the file.
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)
- 0.62% · top 50% of all CVEs (5 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
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 1017472 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 19783 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 28272 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 21705 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openvms-auditlogfile-information-disclosure(28695) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 23632 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3423 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1016772 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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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