CVE-2006-3351
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CVE-2006-3351 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. Buffer overflow in Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) on Windows XP and 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (repeated crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a .url file with an InternetShortcut tag containing a long URL and a large number of "file:" specifiers.. EPSS estimates a 6.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Buffer overflow in Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) on Windows XP and 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (repeated crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a .url file with an InternetShortcut tag containing a long URL and a large number of "file:" specifiers.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Windows 2003 Server | 3.1.0.3270 | — |
| Microsoft | Windows 2003 Server | 64-bit | — |
| Microsoft | Windows 2003 Server | datacenter_64-bit | Sp1 |
| Microsoft | Windows 2003 Server | datacenter_edition | — |
| Microsoft | Windows 2003 Server | datacenter_edition_64-bit | — |
| Microsoft | Windows 2003 Server | enterprise | — |
| Microsoft | Windows 2003 Server | enterprise_64-bit | — |
| Microsoft | Windows 2003 Server | enterprise_edition | Sp1 |
| Microsoft | Windows 2003 Server | enterprise_edition_64-bit | — |
| Microsoft | Windows 2003 Server | itanium | — |
| Microsoft | Windows 2003 Server | r2 | — |
| Microsoft | Windows 2003 Server | sp1 | — |
| Microsoft | Windows 2003 Server | standard | — |
| Microsoft | Windows 2003 Server | standard_64-bit | — |
| Microsoft | Windows 2003 Server | web | — |
| Microsoft | Windows Xp | All versions | — |
| Microsoft | Windows Xp | ibm_oem_version | — |
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