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CVE-2006-4777
Heap-based buffer overflow in the DirectAnimation Path Control (DirectAnimation.PathControl) COM object (daxctle.ocx) for Internet…
High7.6EPSS 79.9%
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- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the DirectAnimation Path Control (DirectAnimation.PathControl) COM object (daxctle.ocx) for Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1, on Chinese and possibly other Windows distributions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown manipulations in arguments to the KeyFrame method, possibly related to an integer overflow, as demonstrated by daxctle2, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4446.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 79.9% · top 0.4% 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 7.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (18)
- 1016854 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 21910 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1577 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- TA06-318A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/925444.mspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3593 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 28842 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20060918 Re: IE ActiveX 0day? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060915 RE: IE ActiveX 0day? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#377369 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=2&id=20 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ie-directanimation-code-execution(28942) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20047 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060915 Fwd: IE ActiveX 0day? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1103 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MS06-067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20060913 [0day] daxctle2.c - Internet Explorer COM Object Heap Overflow Download Exec Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060915 Re: Fwd: IE ActiveX 0day? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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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