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CVE-2006-0008 Detail

Current 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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015631 Patch 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/739844 Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.ryanstyle.com/alert/my/5/ms06_009_eng.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425141/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16643 Patch 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0578 Vendor Advisory 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-009
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24492
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1595
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1650
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1664
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1688
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A727

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-0008
NVD Published Date:
02/14/2006
NVD Last Modified:
10/30/2018
Source:
Microsoft Corporation