CVE-2006-4537
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (50th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4525)
- Published
- September 5, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4525 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dec / dec openvms alpha
- dec / dec openvms alpha
References
- ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/alpha/V7.3-2/AXP_DNVOSIECO03-V732.txt
- ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/alpha/V8.2/AXP_DNVOSIECO02-V82.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21705(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23632(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016772
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017472
- http://www.osvdb.org/28272
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19783(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3423(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28695
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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