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CVE-2006-6797
The Client Server Run-Time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read…
Medium6.6EPSS 7.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The Client Server Run-Time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read arbitrary memory from csrss.exe via crafted arguments to the NtRaiseHardError function with status 0x50000018, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-6696.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.2% · top 5.7% 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: Medium 6.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- HPSBST02208 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2013 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=43 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1017454 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- win-ntraiseharderror-information-disclosure(31176) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 23491 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#740636 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- MS07-021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1325 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2006-5197 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20061227 NtRaiseHardError Csrss.exe memory Disclosure exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- TA07-100A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 2086 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_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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