CVE-2006-5968
MDaemon 9.0.5, 9.0.6, 9.51, and 9.53, and possibly other versions, installs the MDaemon application folder with insecure permissions (Users create files/directories), which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by creating malicious RASAPI32.DLL or MPRAPI.DLL libraries in the MDaemon\APP folder, which is an untrusted search path element due to insecure permissions.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.4% (34th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5951)
- Published
- November 17, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5951 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- alt-n / mdaemon
- alt-n / mdaemon
- alt-n / mdaemon
- alt-n / mdaemon
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21554
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-67/advisory/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1890
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017238
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451821/100/100/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4538
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30331
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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