CVE-2006-0008 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2006-0008?

CVE-2006-0008 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Office, published on 14 Feb 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The ShellAbout API call in Korean Input Method Editor (IME) in Korean versions of Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2003 up to SP1, and Office 2003, allows local users to gain privileges by launching the "shell about dialog box" and clicking the "End-User License Agreement" link, which executes Notepad with the privileges of the program that displays the about box.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0008?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0008?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0008 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2006-0008 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0008 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office

• CVE-2018-0798 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-1770 Microsoft Office Uninitialized Memory Use Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2006-2492 Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2018-0802 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2017-11882 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8

All Microsoft Office vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-wjg5-m2mm-fgxq.