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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-0014

Original release date:04/12/2006
Last revised:03/08/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Windows Address Book (WAB) file containing "certain Unicode strings" and modified length values.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:5.1 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: MS
Name: MS06-016
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-016.mspx
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 19617
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19617
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-007.html
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-007.html
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-1321
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1321
External Source: BID
Name: 17459
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17459
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20060411 ZDI-06-007: Microsoft Windows Address Book (WAB) File Format Parsing Vulnerability
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/430645/100/0/threaded
External Source: XF
Name: outlook-express-wab-bo(25535)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/25535
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1015898
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015898
External Source: SREASON
Name: 691
Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/691
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20060411 ZDI-06-007: Microsoft Windows Address Book (WAB) File Format Parsing Vulnerability
Hyperlink:http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/045003.html
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:812
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:812
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Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1611
Type: Tool Signature
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Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
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Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
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Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.5
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.5:sp1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.5:sp2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:sp1
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0014