CVE-2006-0032 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Indexing Service of Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into error messages by providing a specially crafted UTF-7 encoded URL when the service's Encoding option is set to Auto Select. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, with no authentication required. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is available on ExploitDB, and its FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100 suggests high potential impact despite limited community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.