CVE-2006-0488

Windows 2000, Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 - Unauthorized Memory Read via VDM Emulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The VDM (Virtual DOS Machine) emulation environment for MS-DOS applications in Windows 2000, Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 allows local users to read the first megabyte of memory and possibly obtain sensitive information, as demonstrated by dumper.asm.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423169/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24471

Scores

EPSS 0.0211
EPSS Percentile 80.0%

Details

Status published
Products (3)
microsoft/windows_2000
microsoft/windows_2003_server r2
microsoft/windows_xp
Published Feb 01, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026