CVE-2006-3351

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.4
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Windows 2003 Server
PublishedJul 6, 2006
First seenJul 6, 2006

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft windows_2003_server3.1.0.3270, 64-bit, datacenter_64-bit, datacenter_edition, datacenter_edition_64-bit, enterprise, enterprise_64-bit, enterprise_edition, enterprise_edition_64-bit, itanium, r2, sp1, standard, standard_64-bit, web—
microsoft windows_xpNo range specified, ibm_oem_version—

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