Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-6296 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP
Attack vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 3 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Exploit-Db
| description | MS Windows spoolss GetPrinterData() Remote DoS Exploit (0day). CVE-2006-6296. Dos exploit for windows platform |
| file | exploits/windows/dos/2879.py |
| id | EDB-ID:2879 |
| last seen | 2016-01-31 |
| modified | 2006-12-01 |
| platform | windows |
| port | |
| published | 2006-12-01 |
| reporter | h07 |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/2879/ |
| title | Microsoft Windows spoolss GetPrinterData Remote DoS Exploit 0day |
| type | dos |
References
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20051116.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23196
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017330
- http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Research/Zero-Day-Tracker/2005/20051116
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/914617
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21401
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4827
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30717
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2879