CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-0008
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-02-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
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.
Affected configurations
• microsoft office 2003
• microsoft windows 2003 server datacenter 64-bit
• microsoft windows 2003 server enterprise
• microsoft windows 2003 server enterprise 64-bit
• microsoft windows 2003 server r2
• microsoft windows 2003 server standard
• microsoft windows 2003 server standard 64-bit
• microsoft windows 2003 server web
• microsoft windows xp
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18859 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015631 Patch
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/739844 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.ryanstyle.com/alert/my/5/ms06_009_eng.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425141/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16643 Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0578 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-009 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24492 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1595 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1650 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1664 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1688 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A727 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18859 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015631 Patch
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/739844 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.ryanstyle.com/alert/my/5/ms06_009_eng.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425141/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16643 Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0578 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-009 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24492 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1595 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1650 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1664 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1688 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A727 oval.cisecurity.org