CVE-2006-6753
Event Viewer (eventvwr.exe) in Microsoft Windows does not properly display log data that contains...
Event Viewer (eventvwr.exe) in Microsoft Windows does not properly display log data that contains '%' (percent) characters, which might make it impossible to use Event Viewer to determine the actual data that triggered an event, and might produce long strings that are not properly handled by certain processes that rely on Event Viewer.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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Event Viewer (eventvwr.exe) in Microsoft Windows does not properly display log data that contains '%' (percent) characters, which might make it impossible to use Event Viewer to determine the actual data that triggered an event, and might produce long strings that are not properly handled by certain processes that rely on Event Viewer.
- Record
CVE-2006-6753- CVSS 2.0
- 4.1 Medium
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Event Viewer (eventvwr.exe) in Microsoft Windows does not properly display log data that contains '%' (percent) characters, which might make it impossible to use Event Viewer to determine the actual data that triggered an event, and might produce long strings that are not properly handled by certain processes that rely on Event Viewer.
- Record
CVE-2006-6753- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-6736 No score
Event Viewer (eventvwr.exe) in Microsoft Windows does not properly display log data that contains '%' (percent) characters, which might make it impossible to use Event Viewer to determine the actual data that triggered an event, and might produce long strings that are not properly handled by certain processes that rely on Event Viewer.
- Record
EUVD-2006-6736- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rvfm-gjh7-5x2v No score
Event Viewer (eventvwr.exe) in Microsoft Windows does not properly display log data that contains...
Event Viewer (eventvwr.exe) in Microsoft Windows does not properly display log data that contains '%' (percent) characters, which might make it impossible to use Event Viewer to determine the actual data that triggered an event, and might produce long strings that are not properly handled by certain processes that rely on Event Viewer.
- Record
GHSA-rvfm-gjh7-5x2v- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-6753 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.1) in Microsoft Windows Event Viewer, published December 27, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.68%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/archive/1/455071/100/0/threaded
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6753
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rvfm-gjh7-5x2v