Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 2, 2006· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2006-0526

Description

The default configuration of the America Online (AOL) client software allows all users to modify a certain registry value that specifies a DLL file name, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program.

Affected products

AOL/Aol Client Software5 versions
cpe:2.3:a:aol:aol_client_software:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:aol:aol_client_software:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:aol:aol_client_software:8.0:*:plus:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:aol:aol_client_software:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:aol:aol_client_software:9.0:*:optimized:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:aol:aol_client_software:9.0:*:security:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953860nvdUS Government Resource
www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdfnvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/16453nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24498nvd

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