CVE-2006-5758

The Graphics Rendering Engine in Microsoft Windows 2000 through 2000 SP4 and Windows XP through SP2 maps GDI Kernel structures on a global shared memory section that is mapped with read-only permissions, but can be remapped by other processes as read-write, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and gain privileges by modifying the kernel structures.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

6.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 94th percentile

Published

2006-11-06

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (3)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3804
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3755
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3688

Security advisories

• http://secunia.com/advisories/22668
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4358
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1215
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20940
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-017

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry