CVE-2006-3443
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Winlogon in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, when SafeDllSearchMode is disabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious DLL in the UserProfile directory, aka "User Profile Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3439)
- Published
- August 9, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3439 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2000
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21417(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016662
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/337244(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19375
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3216
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-051
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A155
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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