CVE-2006-6797 EXPLOIT
6.6
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.2% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The Client Server Run-Time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read arbitrary memory from csrss.exe via crafted arguments to the NtRaiseHardError function with status 0x50000018, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-6696.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.6 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 7.18% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-12-28 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | windows xp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows - 'Csrss.exe/winsrv.dll' NtRaiseHardError Double-Free | 2006-12-31 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23491
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2086
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017454
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/740636
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=2
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=43
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455365/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466331/100/200/threaded
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-100A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5197
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1325
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-021
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31176
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2013
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23491
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2086
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017454
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/740636
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=2
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=43
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