CVE-2006-2185

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-05-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PORTAL.NLM in Novell Netware 6.5 SP5 writes the username and password in cleartext to the abend.log log file when the groupOperationsMethod function fails, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges.

Affected products

Novell Netware: 6.5-sp5

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20288
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016106
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?2973698.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/25780
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18017
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1829
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26488
http://secunia.com/advisories/20288
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016106
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?2973698.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/25780
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18017

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