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CVE-2006-5745
Unspecified vulnerability in the setRequestHeader method in the XMLHTTP (XML HTTP) ActiveX Control 4.0 in Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0…
High7.6EPSS 77.6%
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- mitre
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the setRequestHeader method in the XMLHTTP (XML HTTP) ActiveX Control 4.0 in Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 on Windows, when accessed by Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments that lead to memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4685. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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)
- 77.6% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (4 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
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Affected products
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References (14)
- TA06-318A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/239 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:104 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1017157 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 2743 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20061104 Vulnerability in Microsoft XML HTTP Request Handling (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISSx_transferred
- MS06-071 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4334 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=717 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20915 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 22687 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ie-xml-http-request-handling(30004) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/927892.mspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#585137 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_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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