CVE-2006-5745

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Unspecified vulnerability in the setRequestHeader method in the XMLHTTP (XML HTTP) ActiveX Control 4.0 in Microsoft XML

Unspecified vulnerability in the setRequestHeader method in the XMLHTTP (XML HTTP) ActiveX Control 4.0 in Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 on Windows, when accessed by Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments that lead to memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4685. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

HIGH · CVSS 7.6 EPSS 0.86312

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EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
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Public exploit or PoC is available
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

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Affected Products & Versions

microsoft xml core servicesall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

remoteMicrosoft Internet Explorer - XML Core Services HTTP Request Handling (MS06-071) (Metasploit)verified
remoteMicrosoft Internet Explorer 6/7 - XML Core Services Remote Code Execution (2)verified
remoteMicrosoft Internet Explorer 6/7 - XML Core Services Remote Code Execution (3)verified
remoteMicrosoft Internet Explorer 6/7 - XML Core Services Remote Code Execution (1)verified
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 20915www.securityfocus.com
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 2743www.exploit-db.com

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Scoring & Timeline

7.6

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD06 Nov 2006 · 06:07 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=717

http://secunia.com/advisories/22687Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017157

http://www.iss.net/threats/239.html

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/585137US Government Resource

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/927892.mspx

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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.htmlUS Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4334

http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/239Vendor Advisory

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-071

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30004

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A104

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