Vulnerability CVE-2006-5614
Published: 2006-10-30   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Microsoft Windows NAT Helper Components (ipnathlp.dll) on Windows XP SP2, when Internet Connection Sharing is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (svchost.exe crash) via a malformed DNS query, which results in a null pointer dereference.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.6/10
2.9/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Microsoft -> Windows nt helper components 
Microsoft -> Windows xp 

 References:
http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061028.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017133
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20804
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4248
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29917
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2672
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