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CVE-2006-6696 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/22/new-report-of-a-windows-vulnerability.aspx	CVE
http://groups.google.ca/group/microsoft.public.win32.programmer.kernel/browse_thread/thread/c5946bf40f227058/7bd7b5d66a4e5aff	CVE
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?n&storyid=1965	CVE
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051394.html	CVE
http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061215.html	CVE
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-021	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23448	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017433	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1816	CVE
http://www.determina.com/security.research/vulnerabilities/csrss-harderror.html	CVE
http://www.kuban.ru/forum_new/forum2/files/19124.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455061/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455088/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455104/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455158/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455546/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466331/100/200/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21688	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23324	CVE
http://www.security.nnov.ru/files/messagebox.c	CVE
http://www.security.nnov.ru/Gnews944.html	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5120	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1325	CVE
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/22/new-report-of-a-windows-vulnerability.aspx	[email protected]
http://groups.google.ca/group/microsoft.public.win32.programmer.kernel/browse_thread/thread/c5946bf40f227058/7bd7b5d66a4e5aff	[email protected]
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?n&storyid=1965	[email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051394.html	[email protected]
http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061215.html	[email protected]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-021	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23448	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017433	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1816	[email protected]
http://www.determina.com/security.research/vulnerabilities/csrss-harderror.html	[email protected]
http://www.kuban.ru/forum_new/forum2/files/19124.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455061/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455088/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455104/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455158/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455546/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466331/100/200/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21688	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23324	[email protected]
http://www.security.nnov.ru/files/messagebox.c	[email protected]
http://www.security.nnov.ru/Gnews944.html	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5120	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1325	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
microsoft windows 2000	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp1::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp2::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp3::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp4::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows 2003 server	datacenter_edition datacenter_edition sp1 datacenter_edition sp1_beta_1 enterprise_edition sp1 enterprise_edition sp1_beta_1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:datacenter_edition:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:datacenter_edition:sp1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:datacenter_edition:sp1_beta_1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:enterprise_edition:sp1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:enterprise_edition:sp1_beta_1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1::enterprise::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:standard:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:standard:sp1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:standard:sp1_beta_1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:web:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:web:sp1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:web:sp1_beta_1:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows vista	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:::december_ctp:::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista::beta::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista::beta1::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista::beta2::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows xp	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:::home:::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:::media_center:::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::gold:professional::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp1:home::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp1:media_center::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:home::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:media_center::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:tablet_pc::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

28 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 12, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 22, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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