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CVE-2006-0526

The default configuration of the America Online (AOL) client software allows all users to modify a certain registry value that specifies a DLL file name, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program.

Published

2006-02-02T11:02:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	aol	aol_client_software	8.0	Yes
Application	aol	aol_client_software	8.0	Yes
Application	aol	aol_client_software	9.0	Yes
Application	aol	aol_client_software	9.0	Yes
Application	aol	aol_client_software	9.0	Yes

References

http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953860 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16453 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24498 ([email protected])
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953860 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16453 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24498 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)