Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP Exception memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Exception Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-3648. No exploit is available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Exception Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, Server 2003 and 2003 SP1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving unhandled exceptions, memory resident applications, and incorrectly "unloading chained exception."

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was published 08/08/2006 by Matt Miller with Leviathan Security Group as MS06-041 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-3648 since 07/17/2006. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

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 22193 (MS06-051: Vulnerability in Windows Kernel Could Result in Remote Code Execution (917422)), 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 90342 (Microsoft Windows Kernel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS06-051)).

Applying the patch MS06-041 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28011), Tenable (22193), SecurityFocus (BID 19384†), OSVDB (27847†) and Secunia (SA21394†). microsoft.com is providing further details. Similar entries are available at VDB-2434, VDB-2436, VDB-2431 and VDB-2430. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 22193
Nessus Name: MS06-051: Vulnerability in Windows Kernel Could Result in Remote Code Execution (917422)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS06-041
Researcher: Matt Miller
Organization: Leviathan Security Group
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-3648 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3648
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2435

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X-Force: 28011
SecurityFocus: 19384 - Microsoft Windows Unhandled Exception Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 21394 - Windows DNS Resolution Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 27847 - Microsoft Windows Unhandled Exception Unspecified Remote Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1016661
Vulnerability Center: 12510 - [MS06-051] Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handling Failure, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3216

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/09/2006 11:01
Updated: 06/20/2025 00:40
Changes: 08/09/2006 11:01 (98), 06/24/2019 10:14 (1), 01/05/2025 12:21 (16), 06/20/2025 00:40 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:5A1:103

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