CVE-2006-6723

Public Exploit

Description

The Workstation service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large maxlen value in an NetrWkstaUserEnum RPC request.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 64.14% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3013 exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/23487 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017441 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5142 vdb entry
http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Research/Zero-Day-Tracker/2005/20051116

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-6723?
CVE-2006-6723 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-6723?
To fix CVE-2006-6723, 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-2006-6723 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-6723 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~64% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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