CVE-2006-2372
Buffer overflow in the DHCP Client service for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 up to SP1 allows remote…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 90.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in the DHCP Client service for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 up to SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DHCP response.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Windows - DHCP Client Broadcast (MS06-036) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2054remote, windowspublished 21 Jul 2006Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 2054 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 57 days later
· 57 days 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 90.2% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
15
- 1016468 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20060711 CYBSEC - Security Pre-Advisory: Microsoft Windows DHCP Client Service Remote Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21010 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1201 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20060711 CYBSEC - Security Pre-Advisory: Microsoft Windows DHCP Client Service Remote Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2754 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MS06-036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 18923 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/CYBSEC-Security_Pre-Advisory_Microsoft_Windows_DHCP_Client_Service_Remote_Buffer_Overflow.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:232 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20060829 CYBSEC - Security Advisory: Microsoft Windows DHCP Client Service Remote Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 2054 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 27151 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- VU#257164 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- TA06-192A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_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-2006-2373 (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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