THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-6723
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-6723

Windows 2000 vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
35.5%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
The Workstation service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large maxlen value in an NetrWkstaUserEnum RPC request.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 2000
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2006-12-26

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 35.5% 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-2006-6723

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 2000 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-6723.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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