CVE-2006-0008The ShellAbout API call in Korean Input Method Editor (IME) in Korean versions of Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2003 up…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 1.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 23% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The ShellAbout API call in Korean Input Method Editor (IME) in Korean versions of Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2003 up to SP1, and Office 2003, allows local users to gain privileges by launching the "shell about dialog box" and clicking the "End-User License Agreement" link, which executes Notepad with the privileges of the program that displays the about box.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References14
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1688 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0578 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 16643 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- win-korean-ime-privilege-elevation(24492) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1015631 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 18859 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#739844 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- MS06-009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1595 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:727 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.ryanstyle.com/alert/my/5/ms06_009_eng.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060215 Security advisory: Windows IME Vulnerability (MS06-009) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1664 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1650 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0016 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-0008)Record last updated .