CVE-2006-0526

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-02-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The default configuration of the America Online (AOL) client software allows all users to modify a certain registry value that specifies a DLL file name, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program.

Affected products

Aol Client Software: 8.0, 9.0

References

http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953860
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16453
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24498
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953860
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423587/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16453
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24498

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