VDB-31818 · CVE-2006-4186 · BID 19499

Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.8 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.8. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-4186. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.8 (Directory Service Software). Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The iManager in eMBoxClient.jar in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.8 writes passwords in plaintext to a log file, which allows local users to obtain passwords by reading the file.

The weakness was presented 08/16/2006 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-4186 since 08/16/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 19499†), OSVDB (28370†), Secunia (SA21496†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016695†). See VDB-2459 and VDB-2460 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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08/11/2006 🔍
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08/02/2018 +1239 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4186 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4186
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31818
SecurityFocus: 19499 - Novell eDirectory eMBoxClient.JAR Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 21496 - Novell eDirectory Denial of Service and Password Exposure, Less Critical
OSVDB: 28370 - Novell eDirectory iManager Log File Cleartext Password Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1016695

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 08/02/2018 09:12
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (65), 08/02/2018 09:12 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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