CVE-2006-2612 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Novell Client for Windows 4.8 and 4.9 does not restrict access to the clipboard contents while a machine is locked, which allows users with physical access to read the current clipboard contents by pasting them into the "User Name" field on the login prompt.

Published: 2006-05-26

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.8::windows:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.9::windows:::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2611	Novell Client for Windows 4.8 and 4.9 does not restrict access to the clipboard contents while a machine is locked, which allows users with physical access to read the current clipboard contents by pasting them into the "User Name" field on the login prompt.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00075.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/20194
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/961
http://www.osvdb.org/25760
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434704/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434724/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26595

History

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Subscriptions

Novell Client

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-26T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:58:51.392Z

Reserved: 2006-05-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2612

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-26T01:06:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-2612

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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