CVE-2006-6296

Windows 2000 vulnerability

CVSS

6.1

EPSS

21.8%

EPSS pct

97th

Exploited

No known

The RpcGetPrinterData function in the Print Spooler (spoolsv.exe) service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier, and possibly Windows XP SP1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an RPC request that specifies a large 'offered' value (output buffer size), a variant of CVE-2005-3644.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows 2000

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-399

Published

2006-12-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable from an adjacent network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 21.8% 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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