CVE-2006-4379

Exploitation likely. EPSS gives it a 61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 2.07.5High EPSS percentile99th61% chance in 30 days CISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit known FixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published 2006-09-08Updated 2026-04-16Sources: CVE.org, NVD

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What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

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What it is

From the CVE record

Stack-based buffer overflow in the SMTP Daemon in Ipswitch Collaboration 2006 Suite Premium and Standard Editions, IMail, IMail Plus, and IMail Secure allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string located after an '@' character and before a ':' character.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS99th

CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

61% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 99th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

4 events over 7160 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

2026-04-16Patch availablerecord updated
2006-09-08Publishedweakness classified

Affected products

ipswitchcommercial · USaka ws_ftp_server, ws ftp server, imail, ipswitch collaboration suite
- imail plusDesktop AppOn-premEnterprise Software
- imail secure serverWeb AppOn-premCommunications / email-server-client
- ipswitch collaboration suiteWeb AppOn-premEnterprise Software / collaboration-groupware

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Technical detail

CVSS 2.0 vector

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

Scored 7.5 by NVD.

How it is reached

Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
Access Complexity LowNo special conditions required
Authentication NoneNo authentication required

Impact if exploited

Confidentiality PartialSome information is disclosed
Integrity PartialSome data can be modified
Availability PartialReduced performance or service disruption

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-OtherNo name in the record

Sources

References in the record

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