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CVE-2006-3443 (GCVE-0-2006-3443)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-08-09 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 18:30
VLAI
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Winlogon in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, when SafeDllSearchMode is disabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious DLL in the UserProfile directory, aka "User Profile Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016662 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/21417 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3216 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19375 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/337244 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
Date Public
2006-08-08 00:00
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