CVE-2006-2185

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-2185
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-05-22 17:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionPORTAL.NLM in Novell Netware 6.5 SP5 writes the username and password in cleartext to the abend.log log file when the groupOperationsMethod function fails, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.003680000 probability, percentile 0.587760000 (date 2026-04-20)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Novell Netware 6.5 sp5 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Novell NetWare Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.osvdb.org/25780 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.novell.com Patch
SecurityTracker.com Archives - NetWare 'PORTAL.NLM' Crash May Cause the Target User's Password to Be Written to the Log File af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Secunia - Advisories - Novell Netware abend.log User Credentials Disclosure af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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