CVE-2006-6723

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Published Dec 26, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 37.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Workstation service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large maxlen value in an NetrWkstaUserEnum RPC request.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp4::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 37.2% (37.166% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/23487
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017441
http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Research/Zero-Day-Tracker/2005/20051116
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5142
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3013

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows Xp

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:33 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 26, 2006, 8:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:33 PM
Reserved: Dec 26, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:33 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 26, 2006, 8:28 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:33 PM

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