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CVE-2006-2372
Buffer overflow in the DHCP Client service for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 up to SP1 allows remote…
High10.0EPSS 90.2%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Buffer overflow in the DHCP Client service for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 up to SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DHCP response.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 90.2% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- 1016468 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20060711 CYBSEC - Security Pre-Advisory: Microsoft Windows DHCP Client Service Remote Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21010 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1201 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20060711 CYBSEC - Security Pre-Advisory: Microsoft Windows DHCP Client Service Remote Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2754 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MS06-036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 18923 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/CYBSEC-Security_Pre-Advisory_Microsoft_Windows_DHCP_Client_Service_Remote_Buffer_Overflow.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:232 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20060829 CYBSEC - Security Advisory: Microsoft Windows DHCP Client Service Remote Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 2054 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 27151 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- VU#257164 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- TA06-192A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- 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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