CVE-2006-0032

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Indexing Service in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, when the Encoding option is set to Auto Select, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a UTF-7 encoded URL, which is injected into an error message whose charset is set to UTF-7.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 63.12% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447509/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28651 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A535 signature vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3564 vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/108884 third party advisory us government resource
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016826 vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-255A.html third party advisory us government resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-053 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447511/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.geocities.jp/ptrs_sec/advisory09e.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19927 patch vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446630/100/100/threaded vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21861 patch vendor advisory third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-0032?
CVE-2006-0032 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-0032?
To fix CVE-2006-0032, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-0032 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-0032 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~63% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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