CVE-2006-0008
The ShellAbout API call in Korean Input Method Editor (IME) in Korean versions of Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2003 up to SP1, and Office 2003, allows local users to gain privileges by launching the "shell about dialog box" and…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.66%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The ShellAbout API call in Korean Input Method Editor (IME) in Korean versions of Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2003 up to SP1, and Office 2003, allows local users to gain privileges by launching the "shell about dialog box" and clicking the "End-User License Agreement" link, which executes Notepad with the privileges of the program that displays the about box.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.66% probability · 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- microsoft/office · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18859Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015631Patch
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/739844Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.ryanstyle.com/alert/my/5/ms06_009_eng.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425141/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16643Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0578Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-009
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24492
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1595
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1650
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1664
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1688
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A727
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18859Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015631Patch
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/739844Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.ryanstyle.com/alert/my/5/ms06_009_eng.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425141/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16643Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0578Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-009
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24492
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1595
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1650
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1664
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1688
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A727
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.