CVE-2006-5639

HIGH 7.5CVE-2006-5639 · Published 01/11/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-5639 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting openwbem (openwbem).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 72.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
openwbem openwbem	`= 3.2≤ 3.2.1`	No fix yet

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the random number generator in OpenWBEM (Web Based Enterprise Management) 3.2.0 allows attackers to gain privileges via vectors related to "local or HTTP Digest authentication."

References

secunia.com/advisories/22709
sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/20807 · Patch
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4238
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29914

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