Vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio .Net

CVE-2006-4704

Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in the WMI Object Broker (WMIScriptUtils.WMIObjectBroker2) ActiveX control (WmiScriptUtils.dll) in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 allows remote attackers to bypass Internet zone restrictions and execute arbitrary code by instantiating dangerous objects, aka "WMI Object Broker Vulnerability."

EPSS: 0.428 (98.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-4704?
CVE-2006-4704 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio .Net. Published 2006-11-01.
Is CVE-2006-4704 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.