CVE-2006-3443

Summary

CVECVE-2006-3443
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-08-09 01:04:00 UTC
Updated2019-04-30 14:27:00 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted search path vulnerability in Winlogon in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, when SafeDllSearchMode is disabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious DLL in the UserProfile directory, aka "User Profile Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp4 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp4 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#337244 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-051 - Critical | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
Microsoft Windows Two Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Windows 2000 Kernel Winlogon Alternate Path Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges. SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Microsoft Windows User Profile Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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