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CVE-2006-5198
The WZFILEVIEW.FileViewCtrl.61 ActiveX control (aka Sky Software "FileView" ActiveX control) for WinZip 10.0 before build 7245 allows…
Medium4.0EPSS 62.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
The WZFILEVIEW.FileViewCtrl.61 ActiveX control (aka Sky Software "FileView" ActiveX control) for WinZip 10.0 before build 7245 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified "unsafe methods."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 62.1% · top 0.8% 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 4.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-040.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.winzip.com/wz7245.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22891 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21060 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#512804 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 1017226 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20061114 ZDI-06-040: WinZip FileView ActiveX Control Unsafe Method Exposure Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4509 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MS06-067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1861 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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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