CVE-2006-4537

medium

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28695

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3423

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19783

http://www.osvdb.org/28272

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017472

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016772

http://secunia.com/advisories/23632

http://secunia.com/advisories/21705

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-09-05

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00071