CVE-2006-0008: Microsoft Office

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ShellAbout API call in Korean Input Method Editor (IME) in Korean versions of Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2003 up to SP1, and Office 2003, allows local users to gain privileges by launching the "shell about dialog box" and clicking the "End-User License Agreement" link, which executes Notepad with the privileges of the program that displays the about box.

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: version 2003 only
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: version datacenter_64-bit only; version enterprise only; version enterprise_64-bit only; version r2 only; version standard only; version standard_64-bit only; …
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2006-02-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.