CVE-2006-5758
The Graphics Rendering Engine in Microsoft Windows 2000 through 2000 SP4 and Windows XP through SP2 maps GDI Kernel structures on a global…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 6.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The Graphics Rendering Engine in Microsoft Windows 2000 through 2000 SP4 and Windows XP through SP2 maps GDI Kernel structures on a global shared memory section that is mapped with read-only permissions, but can be remapped by other processes as read-write, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and gain privileges by modifying the kernel structures.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Microsoft Windows - '.ani' GDI Remote Privilege Escalation (MS07-017) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3804remote, windowspublished 26 Apr 2007Verified
- Microsoft Windows - GDI Privilege Escalation (MS07-017) (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3755local, windowspublished 17 Apr 2007Verified
- Microsoft Windows - GDI Privilege Escalation (MS07-017) (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3688local, windowspublished 8 Apr 2007Verified
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 mitre
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)
- 6.5% · top 6.1% of all CVEs (11 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
References12
- ADV-2007-1215 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://kernelwars.blogspot.com/2007/01/alive.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2056 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-europe-07/bh-eu-07-speakers.html#Eriksson (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4358 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- windows-gdi-kernel-privilege-escalation(30042) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- HPSBST02206 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-06-11-2006.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1017168 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20940 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MS07-017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 22668 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2006-5742 (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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