Microsoft Windows 2000 Management Console cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Microsoft Windows 2000. This affects an unknown part of the component Management Console. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-3643. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code of the component Management Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 permits access to local "HTML-embedded resource files" in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) library, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands, aka "MMC Redirect Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 08/08/2006. The weakness was presented 08/08/2006 by Yorick Koster, H. D. Moore and Tom Gilder with ITsec Security Services as MS06-044 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-3643 since 07/17/2006. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2364 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22186 (MS06-044: Vulnerability in Microsoft Management Console Could Allow Remote Code Execution (917008)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90345 (Microsoft Management Console Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS06-044)).

Applying the patch MS06-044 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 7423. In this case the pattern res|3A|//mmc.exe is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4597.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28005), Tenable (22186), SecurityFocus (BID 19417†), OSVDB (27842†) and Secunia (SA21401†). See VDB-2434, VDB-2436, VDB-2431 and VDB-2430 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 22186
Nessus Name: MS06-044: Vulnerability in Microsoft Management Console Could Allow Remote Code Execution (917008)
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Patch: MS06-044

Snort ID: 7423
Snort Message: EXPLOIT Microsoft MMC mmc.exe cross site scripting attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS06-044
Researcher: Yorick Koster, H. D. Moore, Tom Gilder
Organization: ITsec Security Services
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-3643 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3643
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2433

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X-Force: 28005 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Management Console (MMC) resource file cross-site scripting, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 19417 - Microsoft Management Console Zone Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 21401 - Microsoft Management Console Cross-Site Scripting, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 27842 - Microsoft Management Console (MMC) HTML-embedded Resource XSS Arbitrary Command Execution
SecurityTracker: 1016655
Vulnerability Center: 12503 - [MS06-044] Microsoft Internet Explorer MMC Redirect XSS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3213

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/09/2006 11:23
Updated: 06/19/2025 23:27
Changes: 08/09/2006 11:23 (107), 06/24/2019 09:57 (2), 01/05/2025 12:21 (17), 06/19/2025 23:27 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:6CB:103

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