CVE-2006-3942
highpriority · attend · 67EPSS 0.750 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The server driver (srv.sys) in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an SMB_COM_TRANSACTION SMB message that contains a string without null character termination, which leads to a NULL dereference in the ExecuteTransaction function, possibly related to an "SMB PIPE," aka the "Mailslot DOS" vulnerability. NOTE: the name "Mailslot DOS" was derived from incomplete initial research; the vulnerability is not associated with a mailslot.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (3)
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- EDB-2057Microsoft Windows - Mailslot Ring0 Memory Corruption (MS06-035)functional · exploit_db
- auxiliary/dos/windows/smb/ms06_035_mailslotMicrosoft SRV.SYS Mailslot Write Corruptionfunctional · metasploit
- auxiliary/dos/windows/smb/ms06_063_transMicrosoft SRV.SYS Pipe Transaction No Nullfunctional · metasploit
affected products (7)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (28)
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- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/07/28/443837.aspxenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21276enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016606enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017035enisa_euvd
- http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=562&idxseccion=10enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/27644enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443287/100/200/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
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