Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Nt Helper Components
CVE-2006-5614
Microsoft Windows NAT Helper Components (ipnathlp.dll) on Windows XP SP2, when Internet Connection Sharing is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (svchost.exe crash) via a malformed DNS query, which results in a null pointer dereference.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.6 (Low). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.796 (99.6th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.795 · newest: 0.796 · change: +0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/22592 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20804 (vdb-entry)
- research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061028.html
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2672 (exploit)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29917 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4248 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/30096 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-5614?
- CVE-2006-5614 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Nt Helper Components. Published 2006-10-31.
- Is CVE-2006-5614 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.