CVE-2006-5196

Motorola SURFboard SB4200 - Denial of Service via SecretProc Secret Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-5196. PoCs published by Dave Gil.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Perl script exploits a denial-of-service vulnerability in Motorola SB4200 by sending a malformed POST request with an oversized 'Secret' parameter to the device's web interface. The exploit triggers a crash by overwhelming the device's processing capabilities.

Description

The HTTP interface in the Motorola SURFboard SB4200 Cable Modem allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a request with MfcISAPICommand set to SecretProc and a long string in the Secret parameter.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Dave Gil · perldoshardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28739

This Perl script exploits a denial-of-service vulnerability in Motorola SB4200 by sending a malformed POST request with an oversized 'Secret' parameter to the device's web interface. The exploit triggers a crash by overwhelming the device's processing capabilities.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Motorola SB4200
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target device · Knowledge of the target device's IP address
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4054
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29617
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20309
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22359

Scores

EPSS 0.0740
EPSS Percentile 93.6%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
motorola/surfboard sb4200
Published Oct 10, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026