>> Microsoft Windows SMB Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability (MS06-063)
Title : Microsoft Windows SMB Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability (MS06-063) VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-3037 CVE ID : CVE-2006-3942
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-07-28
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to NULL pointer dereference error in the server driver (srv.sys) when handling specially crafted SMB (Server Message Block) "SMB_COM_TRANSACTION" messages, which could be exploited by remote unauthenticated attackers to cause a vulnerable system to crash and display a blue screen, creating a denial of service condition.
Note : A fully functional exploit has been published.
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