CVE-2006-5382

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-10-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

3Com Switch SS3 4400 switches, firmware 5.11, 6.00 and 6.10 and earlier, allow remote attackers to read the SNMP Read-Write Community string and conduct unauthorized actions via unspecified "normally restricted management packets on the device" that cause the community string to be returned.

Affected products

3Com Superstack 3 Switch 4400: through firmware_6.10; firmware_5.11, firmware_6.00

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22818
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017128
http://www.3com.com/securityalert/alerts/3COM-06-004.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20736
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4184
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29779
http://secunia.com/advisories/22818
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017128
http://www.3com.com/securityalert/alerts/3COM-06-004.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20736
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4184
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29779

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