CVE-2006-6385

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Intel PRO 10/100, PRO/1000, and PRO/10GbE PCI, PCI-X, and PCIe network adapter drivers (aka NDIS miniport drivers) before 20061205 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with "kernel-level" privileges via an incorrect function call in certain OID handlers.

Affected products

Intel Pro 1000 Adapters: through 7.2.7; through 8.7.1.0; through 9.0.15
Intel Pro 1000 Pcie Adapters: through 9.1.30.0
Intel Pro 10 100 Adapters: through 3.5.14; through 4.0.3; through 8.0.27.0
Intel Pro 10Gbe Adapters: through 1.0.109

References

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2006-December/004186.html
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20061207.html
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/upcoming/20060710.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23221
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2007
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017346
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/primergy-200701e.html
http://www.intel.com/support/network/sb/CS-023726.htm
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/296681
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453852/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21456
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4871

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