CVE-2006-3444

Windows 2000 vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

16.4%

EPSS pct

97th

Exploited

No known

Unspecified vulnerability in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, probably a buffer overflow, allows local users to obtain privileges via unspecified vectors involving an "unchecked buffer."

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows 2000

CVSS vector

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

Published

2006-08-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low 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 16.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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