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CVE-2006-4495

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execut

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code by instantiating certain Windows 2000 ActiveX COM Objects including (1) ciodm.dll, (2) myinfo.dll, (3) msdxm.ocx, and (4) creator.dll.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.54991
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Affected Products & Versions

2
microsoft ieall versions
microsoft windows 2003 serverall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
dosMicrosoft Windows Server 2000 - Multiple COM Object Instantiation Code Execution Vulnerabilitiesverified
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD31 Aug 2006 · 10:04 PM
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1474
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443896/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19636
http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=Releases&act=view&type=1&id=16
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28512
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