Vulnerability CVE-2006-6797
Published: 2006-12-28   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The Client Server Run-Time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read arbitrary memory from csrss.exe via crafted arguments to the NtRaiseHardError function with status 0x50000018, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-6696.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
NtRaiseHardError Csrss.exe memory Disclosure exploit
Ruben Santamarta
02.01.2007

Type:

CWE-Other

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.6/10
9.2/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
None
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Windows xp 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2086
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017454
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/740636
http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=2
http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=43
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455365/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466331/100/200/threaded
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-100A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5197
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1325
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-021
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31176
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2013
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