HIGH
The ShellAbout API call in Korean Input Method Editor (IME) in Korean versions of Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2003 up to SP1, and Office 2003, allows local users to gain privileges by launching the "shell about dialog box" and clicking the "End-User License Agreement" link, which executes Notepad with the privileges of the program that displays the about box
Published Feb 14, 2006
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.66%
Description
The ShellAbout API call in Korean Input Method Editor (IME) in Korean versions of Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2003 up to SP1, and Office 2003, allows local users to gain privileges by launching the "shell about dialog box" and clicking the "End-User License Agreement" link, which executes Notepad with the privileges of the program that displays the about box.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
OR
- datacenter_64-bit
- enterprise
- enterprise
- enterprise_64-bit
- enterprise_64-bit
- r2
- r2
- r2
- standard
- standard
- standard_64-bit
- web
- web
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (1)
References (15)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18859 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015631 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/739844 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.ryanstyle.com/alert/my/5/ms06_009_eng.html x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425141/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16643 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0578 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-009 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2006-0016 Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24492 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1595 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1650 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1664 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1688 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A727 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Feb 14, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 9, 2005
Link CVE-2006-0008
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2006-0016 Assigner microsoft
Published Feb 14, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Exploited since n/a
Link EUVD-2006-0016