CVE-2006-6450
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMultiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in dagent/downloadreport.asp in Novell ZENworks Patch Management (ZPM) before 6.3.2.700 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) agentid and (2) pass parameters.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceSQL injection vulnerabilities in Novell ZENworks Patch Management's dagent/downloadreport.asp allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the agentid and pass parameters without authentication.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 6.3.2.700CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify ZENworks Patch Management installationCheck Windows registry at HKLM\SOFTWARE\Novell\ZfP or look for Novell ZENworks in Add/Remove ProgramsAffected if Novell ZENworks Patch Management Server is installed and version equals 6.3.2.700
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Verify Patch Management Server versionCheck the installed version through Novell ZENworks admin tools or registry keys under the product pathAffected if Version is exactly 6.3.2.700 (no patch applied)
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Locate the vulnerable ASP fileSearch for downloadreport.asp in the web server's dagent directory, typically under the ZENworks web path or document rootAffected if The file dagent/downloadreport.asp exists on the web server
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Confirm dagent endpoint is accessibleAttempt to access the /dagent/ path via HTTP/HTTPS from the web server or verify the virtual directory exists in IIS/web server configurationAffected if The dagent web endpoint is configured and reachable over the network
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Test vulnerable parameters if accessibleSend a crafted request to downloadreport.asp with SQL injection in agentid or pass parameters, such as agentid=' OR '1'='1Affected if The application accepts unauthenticated requests and returns SQL errors or unexpected behavior, confirming the SQL injection is present
The environment is affected if Novell ZENworks Patch Management Server version 6.3.2.700 is installed, the dagent/downloadreport.asp endpoint exists and is network-accessible, and the application accepts unauthenticated SQL input via the agentid or pass parameters.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor patch version 6.3.2.700 or later. Until patched, restrict network access to the affected /dagent/downloadreport.asp endpoint and implement input validation or WAF rules for the vulnerable parameters.
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