PT-2006-5480 · Microsoft · Windows

Matthew Amdur · Published 2006-10-10 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2006-4696

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows versions prior to XP SP3 and Server 2003 SP2

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to the way the Server service handles certain network messages. An attacker could exploit this by sending a specially crafted network message to a system running the Server service as an authenticated user. Successful exploitation could result in complete control of the affected system, although it will most likely cause a Denial of Service condition.

Recommendations For Windows 2000 SP4, Server 2003 SP1 and earlier, and XP SP2 and earlier, apply the necessary patch or update to a newer version to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

DoS

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-4696

Affected Products

Windows

References · 15

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4696 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-063 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4696 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017035 · Patch
• http://frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/3982 · Note
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29373 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820628 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29373 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8 · Note
• http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/20373 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3982 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/MS06-063 · Note