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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2006-5586 json

The Graphics Rendering Engine in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 allows local users to gain privileges via "invalid application windo…

published 2007-04-04 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5571

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.0%
EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

Summary

The Graphics Rendering Engine in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 allows local users to gain privileges via "invalid application window sizes" in layered application windows, aka the "GDI Invalid Window Size Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-3688)

Exploit prediction

2.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-3804 Microsoft Windows - '.ani' GDI Remote Privilege Escalation (MS07-017) remote, 2007-04-26
  • EDB-3755 Microsoft Windows - GDI Privilege Escalation (MS07-017) (2) local, 2007-04-17
  • EDB-3688 Microsoft Windows - GDI Privilege Escalation (MS07-017) (1) local, 2007-04-08

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.