HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-3448

Step By Step Interactive Training vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
36.7%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in the Step-by-Step Interactive Training in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and Professional, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Syllabus string in crafted bookmark link files (cbo, cbl, or .cbm), a different issue than CVE-2005-1212.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Step By Step Interactive Training
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2007-02-13

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 36.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-3448

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Step By Step Interactive Training is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-3448.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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