CVE-2006-6723 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2006-12-26

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 52.7% High

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 [-]

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

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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 Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.52658.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-26T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:33:59.978Z

Reserved: 2006-12-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6723

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-12-26T20:28:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-6723

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

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