CVE-2006-6753
Event Viewer (eventvwr.exe) in Microsoft Windows does not properly display log data that contains '%' (percent) characters, which might make it impossible to use Event Viewer to determine the actual data that triggered an event, and might produce long…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.67%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Event Viewer (eventvwr.exe) in Microsoft Windows does not properly display log data that contains '%' (percent) characters, which might make it impossible to use Event Viewer to determine the actual data that triggered an event, and might produce long strings that are not properly handled by certain processes that rely on Event Viewer.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.1 MEDIUMAV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.67% probability · 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows event viewer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455044/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455071/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455077/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455079/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455087/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455044/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455071/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455077/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455079/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455087/100/0/threaded
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.