CVE-2006-6296

Exp

The RpcGetPrinterData function in the Print Spooler (spoolsv.exe) service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier, and possibly Windows XP SP1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an RPC request that specifies a large 'offered' value (output buffer size), a variant of CVE-2005-3644.

Published: 2006-12-05 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6296 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 41.48%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.95% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6296

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2879 exploit_db edb 2006-12-01 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6296

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-17 36.52% 41.48% +4.95%
2 2025-12-28 39.81% 36.52% -3.29%
3 2025-12-27 — 39.81% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6296

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 6.5 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6296

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6296

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6296: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6296

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6296

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6296

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