CVE-2006-0987

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

57.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

The NVD has published no score for this record

NVD CVSS vector

No NVD score to derive

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-09.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2006-03-03 11:00Z20 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-09 19:05Z19 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2006-03-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

07c56b1d992f2cbcbb8e181e509e5701439c8aeaf829bff119d55d0fa03a88b5

• kb.isc.orghttp://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00269x_refsource_CONFIRM
• dns.measurement-factory.comhttp://dns.measurement-factory.com/surveys/sum1.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com20060228 recursive DNS servers DDoS as a growing DDoS problemhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426368/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.us-cert.govhttp://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/DNS-recursion121605.pdfx_refsource_MISC