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CVE-2006-0034

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 31.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-05-09 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CRpcIoManagerServer::BuildContext function in msdtcprx.dll for Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 SP2 and SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long fifth argument to the BuildContextW or BuildContext opcode, which triggers a bug in the NdrAllocate function, aka the MSDTC Invalid Memory Access Vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: enterprise, enterprise_64-bit, r2, standard, web
• Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0, 4.0-sp1, 4.0-sp2, 4.0-sp3, 4.0-sp4, 4.0-sp5 (+2)
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0238.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0269.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20000
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/863
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016047
• http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20060509a.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/25335
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433430/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433677/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17906
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1742
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-018

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