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CVE-2006-4704
Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in the WMI Object Broker (WMIScriptUtils.WMIObjectBroker2) ActiveX control (WmiScriptUtils.dll) in…
Medium6.8EPSS 45.6%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- microsoft
Description
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."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 45.6% · top 1.2% 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 6.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (17)
- 20843 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20061212 ZDI-06-047: Microsoft Visual Studio WmiScriptUtils.dll Cross-Zone Scripting Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061031.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MS06-073 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 927709 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBx_transferred
- 20797 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TA06-346A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 22603 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4282 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:288 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- SSRT061288 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 1017142 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- VU#854856 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/0day_ie.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-047.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ie-wscriptshell-command-execution(29915) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/11/01/microsoft-security-advisory-927709-posted.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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