CVE-2006-6696

Microsoft Windows - 'MessageBox' Memory Corruption Local Denial of Service

Severity Score

6.9

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de liberación de memoria doble en Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, y Vista, permite a usuarios locales obtener privilegios llamando a la función MessageBox con un mensaje MB_SERVICE_NOTIFICATION con datos manipulados, lo cual envía un mensaje HardError al proceso Subsistema de servidor en ejecución de Cliente/Servidor (CSSRSS), que no es gestionado apropiadamente cuando se invocan las funciones UserHardError y GetHardErrorText en WINSRV.DLL.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 6.9

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-12-20 First Exploit
2006-12-21 CVE Reserved
2006-12-22 CVE Published
2024-02-17 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (25)

URL	Tag	Source
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 List
http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061215.html	X_refsource_misc
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017433	Vdb Entry
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 List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455088/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455104/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455158/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455546/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21688	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23324	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5120	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1325	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1816	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2967	2006-12-20
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3024	2006-12-27

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/23448	2019-04-30
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466331/100/200/threaded	2019-04-30
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-021	2019-04-30

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2000 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2000"				*		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2000 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2000"				*		sp1		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2000 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2000"				*		sp2		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2000 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2000"				*		sp3		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2000 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2000"				*		sp4		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				datacenter_edition Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "datacenter_edition"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				datacenter_edition Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "datacenter_edition"		sp1		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				datacenter_edition Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "datacenter_edition"		sp1_beta_1		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				enterprise_edition Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "enterprise_edition"		sp1		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				enterprise_edition Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "enterprise_edition"		sp1_beta_1		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				sp1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "sp1"		enterprise		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				standard Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "standard"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				standard Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "standard"		sp1		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				standard Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "standard"		sp1_beta_1		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				web Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "web"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				web Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "web"		sp1		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				web Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "web"		sp1_beta_1		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Vista Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Vista"				*		december_ctp		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Vista Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Vista"				*		beta		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Vista Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Vista"				*		beta1		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Vista Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Vista"				*		beta2		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Xp Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Xp"				*		home		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Xp Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Xp"				*		media_center		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Xp Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Xp"				*		gold, professional		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Xp Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Xp"				*		sp1, home		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Xp Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Xp"				*		sp1, media_center		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Xp Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Xp"				*		sp2, home		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Xp Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Xp"				*		sp2, media_center		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Xp Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Xp"				*		sp2, tablet_pc		Affected