Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2006-1591 First vendor Publication 2006-04-03
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2019-04-30

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5.1 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 4.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Help winhlp32.exe allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted embedded image data in a .hlp file.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1591

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 5
Os 8
Os 31
Os 8

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
24802 Microsoft Windows Help winhlp32.exe Embedded Image Processing Overflow

Microsoft Window's winhlp32.exe contains a flaw that allows an attacker to embed an image within a .html file in order to trigger a buffer overflow. The overflow triggered by an embedded image in a winhlp32.exe .html file allows the malicious scripting contained within the image to execute. This can lead to privilege escalation, according to the author of the vulnerability.

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 Microsoft Windows Help File Heap Buffer Overflow attempt
RuleID : 17489 - Revision : 12 - Type : FILE-OTHER

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17325
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430871/100/0/threaded
FULLDISC http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/044748.html
MISC http://www.open-security.org/advisories/15
SREASON http://securityreason.com/securityalert/700
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25573

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