National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-6797

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-100A

Name: TA07-100A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-100A.html

US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#740636

Name: VU#740636

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/740636

External Source: XF

Name: win-ntraiseharderror-information-disclosure(31176)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/31176

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20061227 NtRaiseHardError Csrss.exe memory Disclosure exploit

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/455365/100/0/threaded

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=43

Hyperlink:http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=43

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=2

Hyperlink:http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=2

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-5197

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/5197

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017454

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017454

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23491

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23491

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT071365

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/466331/100/200/threaded

External Source: MS

Name: MS07-021

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-021.mspx

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-1325

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/1325

External Source: SREASON

Name: 2086

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2086

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2013

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2013

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2013