CVE-2006-0032: microsoft windows_2000 Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2006-0032 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in microsoft windows_2000. EPSS estimates a 24.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Timeline
- 12-09-2006PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Indexing Service in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, when the Encoding option is set to Auto Select, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a UTF-7 encoded URL, which is injected into an error message whose charset is set to UTF-7.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
24.57%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
98%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 24.57% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundMicrosoft Indexing Service - Query Validation Cross-Site Scripting
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Microsoft2 products
- windows_2000resource_kit
- windows_2003_serverdatacenter_edition | datacenter_edition:sp1 | datacenter_edition:sp1_beta_1 | datacenter_edition_itanium | datacenter_edition_itanium:sp1 | datacenter_edition_itanium:sp1_beta_1 | enterprise_64-bit | enterprise_edition:sp1 | enterprise_edition:sp1_beta_1 | enterprise_edition_itanium | enterprise_edition_itanium:sp1 | enterprise_edition_itanium:sp1_beta_1 | r2 | sp1 | standard | standard:sp1 | standard:sp1_beta_1 | standard_64-bit | web | web:sp1 | web:sp1_beta_1
1 vendor · 2 products
References
13 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A535VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-255A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTUS Government Resource
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-053Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MS
- www.geocities.jp/ptrs_sec/advisory09e.htmlX Refsource MISC