What is CVE-2006-1364?

CVE-2006-1364 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Asp.net, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2006-03-23.

How severe is CVE-2006-1364?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2006-1364 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Microsoft Asp.net

CVE-2006-1364

Microsoft w3wp (aka w3wp.exe) does not properly handle when the AspCompat directive is not used when referencing COM components in ASP.NET, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or crash) by repeatedly requesting each of several documents that refer to COM components, or are restricted documents located under the ASP.NET application path.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2006-03-23 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.587 (99.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-29.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.587 · newest: 0.587 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Microsoft Asp.net — versions 1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428622/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
hackingspirits.com/vuln-rnd/w3wp-remote-dos.zip (Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/17188 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25392 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1601 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5KP0O0KI0Y.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/044291.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/044292.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-1364?: CVE-2006-1364 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Asp.net, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2006-03-23.
How severe is CVE-2006-1364?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2006-1364 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.