CVE-2006-5758
The Graphics Rendering Engine in Microsoft Windows 2000 through 2000 SP4 and Windows XP through SP2 maps GDI Kernel structures on a global shared memory section that is mapped with read-only permissions, but can be remapped by other processes as read-write, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and gain privileges by modifying the kernel structures.
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-119
- EPSS score
- 6.5% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5742)
- Published
- November 6, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5742 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 xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
Certified products that may be affected
4 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Windows XP Enhanced Cryptographic Provider (RSAENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 989 - historical
- Windows XP Enhanced DSS and Diffie-Hellman Cryptographic Provider (DSSENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 990 - historical
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 including R2, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, x64, and Itanium Editions; Windows XP Professional SP2 and x64 SP2; Windows XP Embedded SP2 - Microsoft Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-10184-2008 - archived
- Microsoft Windows 2003 and Microsoft Windows XP - Microsoft Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0131-2005 - archived
References
- http://kernelwars.blogspot.com/2007/01/alive.html
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-06-11-2006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22668(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017168
- http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-europe-07/bh-eu-07-speakers.html#Eriksson
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466186/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20940(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4358(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1215(Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-017
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30042
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2056
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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