Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2006-3440
Buffer overflow in the Winsock API in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka "Winsock Hostname Vulnerability."
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/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: 0.573 (99.1th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.573 · newest: 0.573 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server — versions 64-bit, sp1
- Microsoft Windows Xp
References
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-041 (vendor-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3211 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:747 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19319 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/21394 (third-party-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html (US Government Resource, Patch, third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/908276 (US Government Resource, Patch, third-party-advisory)