PT-2006-2590 · Microsoft · Windows

C0Ntex · Published 2006-04-03 · Updated 2019-04-30 · CVE-2006-1591

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows Help winhlp32.exe (affected versions not specified)

Description: A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists, allowing user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted embedded image data in a .hlp file.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-1591

Affected Products

Windows

References · 7

• 🔥 http://open-security.org/advisories/15 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/044748.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1591 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/17325 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/430871/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25573 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/700 · Note