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CVE-2006-0008
The ShellAbout API call in Korean Input Method Editor (IME) in Korean versions of Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2003 up…
High7.2EPSS 1.7%
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- microsoft
Description
The ShellAbout API call in Korean Input Method Editor (IME) in Korean versions of Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2003 up to SP1, and Office 2003, allows local users to gain privileges by launching the "shell about dialog box" and clicking the "End-User License Agreement" link, which executes Notepad with the privileges of the program that displays the about box.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1688 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0578 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 16643 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- win-korean-ime-privilege-elevation(24492) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1015631 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 18859 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#739844 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- MS06-009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1595 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:727 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.ryanstyle.com/alert/my/5/ms06_009_eng.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060215 Security advisory: Windows IME Vulnerability (MS06-009) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1664 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1650 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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