CVE-2006-4506 - idmlib.sh in nxdrv in Novell Identity Manager (IDM) 3.0.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors, possibly involving the " (quote) and \ (backslash) characters and eval injection

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idmlib.sh in nxdrv in Novell Identity Manager (IDM) 3.0.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors, possibly involving the " (quote) and \ (backslash) characters and eval injection

Published Aug 31, 2006

3.6

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.52%

Description

idmlib.sh in nxdrv in Novell Identity Manager (IDM) 3.0.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors, possibly involving the " (quote) and \ (backslash) characters and eval injection.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.52% 0.00522

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00522

Score over time

2022-2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 4, 2026	0.52% (0.00522)	42.23th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.51% (0.00508)	39.09th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00074)	19.86th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016741
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2974299.htm
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19688
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Link	Providers	Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016741		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2974299.htm		x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19688		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 31, 2006

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Aug 31, 2006

Link CVE-2006-4506

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-4506

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-4506