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CVE-2006-3443

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-08-09 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Winlogon in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, when SafeDllSearchMode is disabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious DLL in the UserProfile directory, aka "User Profile Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/21417
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016662
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/337244
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19375
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3216
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-051
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A155
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21417
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016662
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/337244
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19375
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3216

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