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CVE-2006-0012
Unspecified vulnerability in Windows Explorer in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers…
Medium5.1EPSS 24.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Windows Explorer in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via attack vectors involving COM objects and "crafted files and directories," aka the "Windows Shell Vulnerability."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 24.8% · top 2.1% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- 17464 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1743 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 19606 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA06-101A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- win-explorer-com-code-execution(25554) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1015897 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MS06-015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1191 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1764 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 24516 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1448 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1679 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- VU#641460 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1320 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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