CVE-2006-5758
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 6, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 6, 2006
Description
The Graphics Rendering Engine in Microsoft Windows 2000 through 2000 SP4 and Windows XP through SP2 maps GDI Kernel structures on a global shared memory section that is mapped with read-only permissions, but can be remapped by other processes as read-write, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and gain privileges by modifying the kernel structures.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- ADV-2007-1215vdb-entry
- http://kernelwars.blogspot.com/2007/01/alive.html
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2056vdb-entrysignature
- http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-europe-07/bh-eu-07-speakers.html#Eriksson
- ADV-2006-4358vdb-entry
- windows-gdi-kernel-privilege-escalation(30042)vdb-entry
- HPSBST02206vendor-advisory
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-06-11-2006.html
- 1017168vdb-entry
- 20940vdb-entry
- MS07-017vendor-advisory
- 22668third-party-advisory
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