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CVE-2006-4537

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-09-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

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.

Affected products

• Dec Openvms Alpha: 7.3.2, 8.2

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/21705
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23632
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016772
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017472
• http://www.osvdb.org/28272
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19783
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3423
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28695

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