CVE-2006-5745
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.6
7.6CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)76%
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22687Advisory
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=717
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017157
- http://www.iss.net/threats/239.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/585137
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/927892.mspx
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20915Exploit