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CVE-2006-0911

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 16.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-02-28 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

• Ipswitch Whatsup: professional_2006

References

• 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

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