CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-2371

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow vulnerability in the Remote Access Connection Manager (RASMAN) service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1/SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and earlier. Remote unauthenticated or authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code via crafted RPC requests, leading to registry and stack corruption.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization includes full remote compromise of the vulnerable system, potentially leading to data theft, malware installation, or further propagation of the attack within the network.

Recommendation

Apply the security update provided by Microsoft in bulletin MS06-025 immediately. If patching is not possible, block RPC-related ports (135/TCP, 445/TCP) on the network firewall.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in the Remote Access Connection Manager service (RASMAN) service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and earlier allows remote unauthenticated or authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain crafted "RPC related requests," that lead to registry corruption and stack corruption, aka the "RASMAN Registry Corruption Vulnerability."

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS