CVE-2006-3696 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can crash Outpost Firewall Pro by passing long arguments to mshta.exe, requiring a software upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-3696?
CVE-2006-3696 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jul 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
filtnt.sys in Outpost Firewall Pro before 3.51.759.6511 (462) allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via long arguments to mshta.exe.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3696?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Agnitum Outpost Firewall.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3696?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3696 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-3696 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-3696 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5695-hm5j-jpxg.