Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services
CVE-2006-4686
Buffer overflow in the Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) processing in Microsoft XML Parser 2.6 and XML Core Services 3.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Web page.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.303 (98.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.289 · newest: 0.303 · change: +0.014
Affected products
- Microsoft XML Core Services — versions 3.0, 4.0, 6.0
- Microsoft XML Parser — versions 2.6
References
- secunia.com/advisories/22333 (third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-061 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/562788 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:285 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/29426 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3980 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20338 (vdb-entry)