Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 22, 2006· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2006-6696
CVE-2006-6696
Description
Double free vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista allows local users to gain privileges by calling the MessageBox function with a MB_SERVICE_NOTIFICATION message with crafted data, which sends a HardError message to Client/Server Runtime Server Subsystem (CSRSS) process, which is not properly handled when invoking the UserHardError and GetHardErrorText functions in WINSRV.DLL.
Affected products
29cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:datacenter_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 11 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:datacenter_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:datacenter_edition:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:datacenter_edition:sp1_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:enterprise_edition:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:enterprise_edition:sp1_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:standard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:standard:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:standard:sp1_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:web:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:web:sp1_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:december_ctp:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:december_ctp:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:home:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:media_center:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:professional:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:home:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:media_center:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:home:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:media_center:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
23- secunia.com/advisories/23448nvdVendor Advisory
- blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/22/new-report-of-a-windows-vulnerability.aspxnvd
- groups.google.ca/group/microsoft.public.win32.programmer.kernel/browse_thread/thread/c5946bf40f227058/7bd7b5d66a4e5affnvd
- isc.sans.org/diary.phpnvd
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051394.htmlnvd
- research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061215.htmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.determina.com/security.research/vulnerabilities/csrss-harderror.htmlnvd
- www.kuban.ru/forum_new/forum2/files/19124.htmlnvd
- www.security.nnov.ru/Gnews944.htmlnvd
- www.security.nnov.ru/files/messagebox.cnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455061/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455088/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455104/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455158/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455546/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466331/100/200/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21688nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23324nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5120nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1325nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-021nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1816nvd
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