CVE-2006-5583

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 53.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the SNMP Service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003, Server 2003 SP1, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SNMP packet, aka "SNMP Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: 2000-sp4, sp1, xp_sp2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/23307
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017371
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/901584
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21537
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4967
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-074
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1047
http://secunia.com/advisories/23307
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017371
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/901584

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