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CVE-2006-3445
Integer overflow in the ReadWideString function in agentdpv.dll in Microsoft Agent on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 42.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Integer overflow in the ReadWideString function in agentdpv.dll in Microsoft Agent on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 up to SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large length value in an .ACF file, which results in a heap-based buffer overflow.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 4 months later
· 4 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 42.9% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- TA06-318A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4506 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 22878 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21034 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#810772 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20070130 COSEINC Alert: Microsoft Agent Heap Overflow Vulnerability Technical Details (Patched) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ms-agent-acf-bo(29945) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MS06-068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:154 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1017222 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.coseinc.com/alert.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2006-3441 (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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