Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 27, 2006· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2006-6753

Description

Event Viewer (eventvwr.exe) in Microsoft Windows does not properly display log data that contains '%' (percent) characters, which might make it impossible to use Event Viewer to determine the actual data that triggered an event, and might produce long strings that are not properly handled by certain processes that rely on Event Viewer.

Affected products

Microsoft/Windows Event Viewer
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_event_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455044/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455071/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455077/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455079/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455087/100/0/threadednvd

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