VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-0526
The default configuration of the America Online (AOL) client software allows all users to modify a certain registry value that specifies a DLL file name, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.36%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The default configuration of the America Online (AOL) client software allows all users to modify a certain registry value that specifies a DLL file name, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 29th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- aol/aol client software
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953860US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16453
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24498
- http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953860US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16453
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24498
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.