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CVE-2006-6696

Double free vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista allows local users to gain privileges by calling the MessageBox function with a MB_SERVICE_NOTIFICATION message with crafted data, which sends a HardError message to Client/Server Runtime Server Subsystem (CSRSS) process, which is not properly handled when invoking the UserHardError and GetHardErrorText functions in WINSRV.DLL.

Published

2006-12-22T02:28:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-119
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System microsoft windows_2000 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2000 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2000 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2000 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2000 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2003_server datacenter_edition Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2003_server datacenter_edition Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2003_server datacenter_edition Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2003_server enterprise_edition Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2003_server enterprise_edition Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2003_server sp1 Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2003_server standard Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2003_server standard Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2003_server standard Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2003_server web Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2003_server web Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_2003_server web Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * Yes
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