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CVE-2006-3441

69
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3441 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability within the DNS Client service across Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1/SP2, and Server 2003 SP1. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted DNS record responses, encompassing multiple vectors including heap-based overflows and malformed records. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe threat due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog, a Denial of Service proof-of-concept exploit exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:*
64-bitCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sp1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sp1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
61.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2900 · Dec 9, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6196 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-041
secunia.com / advisories/21394
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24586
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28013
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28240
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A723
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/794580
PatchUS Government Resource
osvdb.org / 27844
securityfocus.com / bid/19404
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
PatchUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3211
xforce.iss.net / xforce/alerts/id/233
xforce.iss.net / xforce/alerts/id/234
xforce.iss.net / xforce/alerts/id/235