01 Record
CVE-2006-0008
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-02-14 19:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-11-09
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9ed4aa387b4e53bd1b6e2cf19161899146ff9d5dcaf118f41ac76a530745cca4
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1688https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1688
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-0578http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0578
- www.securityfocus.com16643http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16643
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwin-korean-ime-privilege-elevation(24492)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24492
- securitytracker.com1015631http://securitytracker.com/id?1015631
- secunia.com18859http://secunia.com/advisories/18859
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#739844http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/739844
- docs.microsoft.comMS06-009https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-009
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1595https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1595
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:727https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A727
- www.ryanstyle.comhttp://www.ryanstyle.com/alert/my/5/ms06_009_eng.html
- www.securityfocus.com20060215 Security advisory: Windows IME Vulnerability (MS06-009)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425141/100/0/threaded
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1664https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1664
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1650https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1650