7.2
CWE
264
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2006-0008

First published: Tue Feb 14 2006(Updated: )

The ShellAbout API call in Korean Input Method Editor (IME) in Korean versions of Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2003 up to SP1, and Office 2003, allows local users to gain privileges by launching the "shell about dialog box" and clicking the "End-User License Agreement" link, which executes Notepad with the privileges of the program that displays the about box.

Credit: secure@microsoft.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Microsoft Office=2003-sp1
Microsoft Office=2003-sp2
Microsoft Office=2003
Microsoft Windows XP=sp1
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server=web
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server=enterprise
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server=enterprise_64-bit
Microsoft Windows XP=gold
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server=standard_64-bit
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server=datacenter_64-bit-sp1
Microsoft Windows XP=sp2
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows XP=sp1
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server=r2-sp1
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server=enterprise_64-bit-sp1
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server=r2
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server=web-sp1
Microsoft Windows XP=sp2
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server=standard-sp1
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server=enterprise-sp1
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server=standard
Microsoft Windows XP=sp2
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server=r2

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