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CVE-2006-6696

N/A

Published: December 22, 2006 at 02:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC

4 products affected across 1 vendorWindows XpWindows VistaWindows 2000

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

Description

Double free vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista allows local users to gain privileges by calling the MessageBox function with a MB_SERVICE_NOTIFICATION message with crafted data, which sends a HardError message to Client/Server Runtime Server Subsystem (CSRSS) process, which is not properly handled when invoking the UserHardError and GetHardErrorText functions in WINSRV.DLL.

Affected

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

Windows 2000 · Microsoft

95%

sp1sp2sp3sp4

Windows 2003 Server · Microsoft

95%

datacenter_edition datacenter_edition sp1 datacenter_edition sp1_beta_1 enterprise_edition sp1 enterprise_edition sp1_beta_1 sp1 standard standard sp1 standard sp1_beta_1 web web sp1 web sp1_beta_1

Windows Vista · Microsoft

95%

betabeta1beta2

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 (23)

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/22/new-report-of-a-windows-vulnerability.aspx

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

http://groups.google.ca/group/microsoft.public.win32.programmer.kernel/browse_thread/thread/c5946bf40f227058/7bd7b5d66a4e5aff

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?n&storyid=1965

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051394.html

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061215.html

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/23448

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017433

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

http://www.determina.com/security.research/vulnerabilities/csrss-harderror.html

CVSS

6.9MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-119

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