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CVE-2006-6579

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
15/12/2006
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Microsoft Windows XP has weak permissions (FILE_WRITE_DATA and FILE_READ_DATA for Everyone) for %WINDIR%\pchealth\ERRORREP\QHEADLES, which allows local users to write and read files in this folder, as demonstrated by an ASP shell that has write access by IWAM_machine and read access by IUSR_Machine.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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