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CVE-2006-0008

N/A

Published: February 14, 2006 at 07:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM UTC

3 products affected across 1 vendorWindows XpOfficeWindows 2003 Server

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Office · Microsoft

95%

2003 2003 sp1 2003 sp2

Windows 2003 Server · Microsoft

95%

datacenter_64-bit sp1 enterprise enterprise sp1 enterprise_64-bit enterprise_64-bit sp1 r2 r2 sp1 standard standard sp1 standard_64-bit web web sp1

Windows Xp · Microsoft

95%

goldsp1sp2

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (14)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/18859

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch

Source: [email protected]

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015631

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource

Source: [email protected]

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/739844

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.ryanstyle.com/alert/my/5/ms06_009_eng.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425141/100/0/threaded

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDPatch

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16643

VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0578

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MS

Source: [email protected]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-009

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264

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