MEDIUM
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 Dec 22, 2006
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.41%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
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- datacenter_edition
- datacenter_edition
- datacenter_edition
- enterprise_edition
- enterprise_edition
- sp1
- standard
- standard
- standard
- web
- web
- web
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (1)
References (23)
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/22/new-report-of-a-windows-vulnerability.aspx x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://groups.google.ca/group/microsoft.public.win32.programmer.kernel/browse_thread/thread/c5946bf40f227058/7bd7b5d66a4e5aff x_refsource_MISC
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?n&storyid=1965 x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051394.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061215.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23448 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017433 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.determina.com/security.research/vulnerabilities/csrss-harderror.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.kuban.ru/forum_new/forum2/files/19124.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.security.nnov.ru/Gnews944.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.security.nnov.ru/files/messagebox.c x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455061/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455088/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455104/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455158/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455546/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466331/100/200/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21688 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23324 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5120 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1325 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-021 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1816 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 22, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 21, 2006
Link CVE-2006-6696
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a