CVE-2006-5820

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-5820
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-04-02 22:19:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe LinkSBIcons method in the SuperBuddy ActiveX control (Sb.SuperBuddy.1) in America Online 9.0 Security Edition dereferences an arbitrary function pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a modified pointer value.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Aol Aol 9.0 All security All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
AOL SB.SuperBuddy.1 ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
America Online SuperBuddy ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerability - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#478225 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Enterprise Intrusion Prevention (IPS) Software & Solutions | Trend Micro af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.tippingpoint.com Vendor Advisory
America Online SuperBuddy ActiveX Control "LinkSBIcons()" Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
osvdb.org/34318 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
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