First published: Tue Sep 12 2006(Updated: )
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Indexing Service in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, when the Encoding option is set to Auto Select, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a UTF-7 encoded URL, which is injected into an error message whose charset is set to UTF-7.
Credit: secure@microsoft.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =datacenter_edition_itanium | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =web-sp1_beta_1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =datacenter_edition-sp1_beta_1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =standard | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =datacenter_edition_itanium-sp1_beta_1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =web | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =enterprise_64-bit | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =gold | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | ||
Microsoft Windows XP | ||
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =standard_64-bit | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp4 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | ||
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =standard-sp1_beta_1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =r2 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =datacenter_edition_itanium-sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =resource_kit | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =web-sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =enterprise_edition_itanium-sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | ||
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =enterprise_edition-sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =standard-sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =enterprise_edition_itanium | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =enterprise_edition-sp1_beta_1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =datacenter_edition | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =datacenter_edition-sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =enterprise_edition_itanium-sp1_beta_1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp3 |
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CVE-2006-0032 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
To mitigate CVE-2006-0032, disable the Indexing Service or configure it not to use the Auto Select encoding option.
CVE-2006-0032 affects Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 when certain configurations are enabled.
Yes, CVE-2006-0032 can be exploited remotely by attackers injecting malicious scripts through crafted UTF-7 encoded URLs.
CVE-2006-0032 can facilitate cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML on the victim's browser.