CVE-2006-2334 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2006-2334?

CVE-2006-2334 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 12 May 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The RtlDosPathNameToNtPathName_U API function in NTDLL.DLL in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 does not properly convert DOS style paths with trailing spaces into NT style paths, which allows context-dependent attackers to create files that cannot be accessed through the expected DOS path or prevent access to other similarly named files in the same directory, which prevents those files from being detected or disinfected by certain anti-virus and anti-spyware software.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2334?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2006-2334?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2334 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2006-2334 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-2334 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-4jh6-hfr3-fg82.