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CVE-2006-4495
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code…
High7.5EPSS 20.7%
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- mitre
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code by instantiating certain Windows 2000 ActiveX COM Objects including (1) ciodm.dll, (2) myinfo.dll, (3) msdxm.ocx, and (4) creator.dll.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 20.7% · top 2.5% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 1474 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 19636 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060821 [XSec-06-08]: Windows 2000 Multiple COM Object Instantiation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=Releases&act=view&type=1&id=16 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ie-win2k-com-dos(28512) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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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