PT-2006-6322 · Microsoft · Internet Connection Sharing+3

H07 · Published 2006-10-31 · Updated 2017-10-19 · CVE-2006-5614

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows NAT Helper Components (ipnathlp.dll) on Windows XP SP2

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed DNS query. This results in a null pointer dereference, leading to a crash of the svchost.exe process when Internet Connection Sharing is enabled.

Recommendations: For Windows XP SP2, consider disabling Internet Connection Sharing as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation. Restrict access to the ipnathlp.dll component to prevent potential attacks.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5614

Affected Products

Internet Connection Sharing

Windows Xp Sp2

Ipnathlp.Dll

Svchost.Exe

References · 11

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/windows/nat/nat_helper.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/2682 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/2672 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22592 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5614 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4248 · Note
• http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061028.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29917 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017133 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/30096 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/20804 · Note