CVE-2006-1476
Windows Firewall in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 produces incorrect application block alerts when the application filename is ".exe" (with no characters before the "."), which might allow local user-assisted users to trick a user into unblocking a Trojan…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.91%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Windows Firewall in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 produces incorrect application block alerts when the application filename is ".exe" (with no characters before the "."), which might allow local user-assisted users to trick a user into unblocking a Trojan horse program, as demonstrated by a malicious ".exe" program in a folder named "Internet Explorer," which triggers a question about whether to unblock the "Internet Explorer" program.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.91% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428970/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429111/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25598
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428970/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429111/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25598
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.