CVE-2006-3209

N/A

Description

The Task scheduler (at.exe) on Microsoft Windows XP spawns each scheduled process with SYSTEM permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third parties, who state that the Task scheduler is limited to the Administrators group by default upon installation

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published6/24/2006

Last Modified4/16/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

microsoft:windows_xp

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1137(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436810/100/200/threaded(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436884/100/200/threaded(cve@mitre.org)

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1137(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436810/100/200/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436884/100/200/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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