CVE-2006-6696

Double free vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista allows local users to gain privileges by calling the MessageBox function with a MB_SERVICE_NOTIFICATION message with crafted data, which sends a HardError message to Client/Server Runtime Server Subsystem (CSRSS) process, which is not properly handled when invoking the UserHardError and GetHardErrorText functions in WINSRV.DLL.

🔗 References (46)

• cve@mitrehttp://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/22/new-report-of-a-windows-vulnerability.aspx
• cve@mitrehttp://groups.google.ca/group/microsoft.public.win32.programmer.kernel/browse_thread/thread/c5946bf40f227058/7bd7b5d66a4e5aff
• cve@mitrehttp://isc.sans.org/diary.php?n&storyid=1965
• cve@mitrehttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051394.html
• cve@mitrehttp://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061215.html
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/23448
• cve@mitrehttp://securitytracker.com/id?1017433
• cve@mitrehttp://www.determina.com/security.research/vulnerabilities/csrss-harderror.html
• cve@mitrehttp://www.kuban.ru/forum_new/forum2/files/19124.html
• cve@mitrehttp://www.security.nnov.ru/Gnews944.html
• cve@mitrehttp://www.security.nnov.ru/files/messagebox.c
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455061/100/0/threaded
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455088/100/0/threaded
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455104/100/0/threaded
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455158/100/0/threaded