CVE-2006-0012

Windows 2000 vulnerability

CVSS

5.1

EPSS

24.8%

EPSS pct

98th

Exploited

No known

Unspecified vulnerability in Windows Explorer in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via attack vectors involving COM objects and "crafted files and directories," aka the "Windows Shell Vulnerability."

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows 2000

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2006-04-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 24.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 2000 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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