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CVE-2006-5559
The Execute method in the ADODB.Connection 2.7 and 2.8 ActiveX control objects (ADODB.Connection.2.7 and ADODB.Connection.2.8) in the…
High9.3EPSS 43.6%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The Execute method in the ADODB.Connection 2.7 and 2.8 ActiveX control objects (ADODB.Connection.2.7 and ADODB.Connection.2.8) in the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 SP3, 2.7 SP1, 2.8, and 2.8 SP1 does not properly track freed memory when the second argument is a BSTR, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain strings in the second and third arguments.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 43.6% · top 1.3% 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 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (12)
- 1017127 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MS07-009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20704 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:214 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 22452 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA07-044A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061027.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#589272 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- ie-adodbconnection-Code-Execution(29837) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 31882 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/27/adodb-connection-poc-published.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0578 (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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