Microsoft Windows Subsystem csrss.exe ntraiseharderror denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects the function ntraiseharderror of the file csrss.exe of the component Subsystem. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-6797. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (version now known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function ntraiseharderror of the file csrss.exe of the component Subsystem. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is confidentiality, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 12/28/2006 (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-6797. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25024 (MS07-021: Vulnerabilities in CSRSS Could Allow Remote Code Execution (930178)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90374 (Vulnerabilities in CSRSS Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS07-021)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5273.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31176), Tenable (25024), SecurityTracker (ID 1017454†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-13728†). The entries VDB-2788 and VDB-3006 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 25024
Nessus Name: MS07-021: Vulnerabilities in CSRSS Could Allow Remote Code Execution (930178)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/12/2015 +2993 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-6797 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6797
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34082

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X-Force: 31176
SecurityTracker: 1017454
Vulnerability Center: 13728 - [MS07-021] Microsoft Windows CSRSS Local Denial of Service or Arbitrary Memory Read, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 06/14/2025 23:03
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (41), 04/07/2017 16:03 (15), 01/18/2025 21:25 (18), 06/14/2025 23:03 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:AEB:103

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