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CVE-2006-6296

CVE information

Published

17 years ago

Last Modified

4 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

The RpcGetPrinterData function in the Print Spooler (spoolsv.exe) service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier, and possibly Windows XP SP1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an RPC request that specifies a large 'offered' value (output buffer size), a variant of CVE-2005-3644..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.1/10
Exploit Score
6.5/10
Access Vector
Adjacent_network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -