CVE-2006-5820 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The LinkSBIcons method in the SuperBuddy ActiveX control (Sb.SuperBuddy.1) in America Online 9.0 Security Edition dereferences an arbitrary function pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a modified pointer value.

Published: 2007-04-02

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 39.1% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:aol:aol:9.0:*:security:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.39121.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/34318
http://secunia.com/advisories/24714
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2513
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/478225
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464313/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23224
http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-07-03.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1184
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33347

History

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Subscriptions

Aol Aol

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-04-02T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:04:55.703Z

Reserved: 2006-11-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5820

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-04-02T22:19:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-5820

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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