CVE-2006-2738

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-06-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The open source version of Open-Xchange 0.8.2 and earlier uses a static default username and password with a valid login shell in the initfile for the ldap-server, which allows remote attackers to access any server where the default has not been changed.

Affected products

Open-Xchange: through 0.8.2; 0.8.1.6

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20323
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1012
http://www.golem.de/0605/45407.html
http://www.open-xchange.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2815
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435198/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18115
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2037
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26761
http://secunia.com/advisories/20323
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1012
http://www.golem.de/0605/45407.html
http://www.open-xchange.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2815

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