4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-0023
Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation via Insecure Service ACLs Vulnerability
Description

Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2 before August 2004, and possibly other operating systems and versions, uses insecure default ACLs that allow the Authenticated Users group to gain privileges by modifying critical configuration information for the (1) Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP), (2) Universal Plug and Play Device Host (UPnP), (3) NetBT, (4) SCardSvr, (5) DHCP, and (6) DnsCache services, aka "Permissive Windows Services DACLs." NOTE: the NetBT, SCardSvr, DHCP, DnsCache already require privileged access to exploit.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 8, 2006, 2:18 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:05 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

3.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-0023 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_xp
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2006-0023.

URL Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/18756 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19238 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19313 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015595
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015765
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953860 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/914457.mspx Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0417 Vendor Advisory
http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=391523&RenditionID=
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-011
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24463
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1671
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1696
http://secunia.com/advisories/18756 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19238 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19313 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015595
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015765
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953860 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/914457.mspx Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0417 Vendor Advisory
http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=391523&RenditionID=
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-011
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24463
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1671
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1696

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-0023 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-0023 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/18756
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19238
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19313
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1015595
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1015765
    Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-069.htm
    Added Reference http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953860
    Added Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/914457.mspx
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0417
    Added Reference http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=391523&RenditionID=
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-011
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24463
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1671
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1696
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-011.mspx [Patch]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-011 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1696 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1671 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1696 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1671 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/24463 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24463 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 08, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-0023 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-0023 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.23 }} 0.15%

score

0.60611

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability