CVE-2006-4691Stack-based buffer overflow in the NetpManageIPCConnect function in the Workstation service (wkssvc.dll) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 80.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the NetpManageIPCConnect function in the Workstation service (wkssvc.dll) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via NetrJoinDomain2 RPC messages with a long hostname.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- MS06-070 Microsoft Workstation Service NetpManageIPCConnect Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/smb/ms06_070_wkssvcRank manualdisclosed 14 Nov 2006
Exploit-DB4 entries
- Microsoft Workstation Service - NetpManageIPCConnect Overflow (MS06-070) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16372remote, windowspublished 5 Oct 2010Verified
- Microsoft Windows - 'NetpManageIPCConnect' Remote Stack Overflow (MS06-070) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2809remote, windowspublished 18 Nov 2006Verified
- Microsoft Windows - Wkssvc NetrJoinDomain2 Stack Overflow (MS06-070) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2800remote, windowspublished 17 Nov 2006Verified
- Microsoft Windows - NetpManageIPCConnect Stack Overflow (MS06-070) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2789remote, windowspublished 16 Nov 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 2 months later
· 2 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 80.0% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (12 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
References12
- TA06-318A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:607 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20985 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- win-workstation-service-bo(29948) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 22883 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#778036 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 1017221 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20061114 EEYE: Workstation Service NetpManageIPCConnect Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- AD20061114 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_EEYEx_transferred
- MS06-070 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:908 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4508 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2006-4678 (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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