Vulnerability in Microsoft Office
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 clicking the "End-User License Agreement" link, which executes Notepad with the privileges of the program that displays the about box.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (75.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Office — versions 2003
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server — versions datacenter_64-bit, enterprise, enterprise_64-bit
- Microsoft Windows Xp
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1688 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0578 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16643 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24492 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (Patch, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/18859 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/739844 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-009 (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1595 (signature, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:727 (signature, vdb-entry)