CVE-2006-3696

Outpost Firewall Pro - Denial of Service via Long Arguments to mshta.exe

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-3696. PoCs published by Bipin Gautam.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a local denial-of-service vulnerability in Outpost Firewall by passing an excessively long string to mshta.exe, causing the application to crash. The PoC is straightforward and demonstrates the issue with minimal code.

Description

filtnt.sys in Outpost Firewall Pro before 3.51.759.6511 (462) allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via long arguments to mshta.exe.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Bipin Gautam · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28232

This exploit leverages a local denial-of-service vulnerability in Outpost Firewall by passing an excessively long string to mshta.exe, causing the application to crash. The PoC is straightforward and demonstrates the issue with minimal code.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Outpost Firewall Pro version 3.5.631
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/21095
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19026
Patch mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440427
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1247
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2853
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27840

Scores

EPSS 0.0073
EPSS Percentile 49.7%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
agnitum/outpost_firewall 3.5.631
Published Jul 21, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026