CVE-2006-3890

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-3890
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-21 22:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the Sky Software FileView ActiveX control, as used in WinZip 10 before build 7245 and in certain other applications, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long FilePattern attribute in a WZFILEVIEW object, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5198.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sky Software Fileview Activex Control All All All All
Application Winzip Winzip 7.0 All All All
Application Winzip Winzip 8.0 All All All
Application Winzip Winzip 8.1 All All All
Application Winzip Winzip 8.1 sr1 All All
Application Winzip Winzip 9.0 All All All
Application Winzip Winzip All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
WinZip WZFileView.FileViewCtrl.61 ActiveX Control Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
WinZip FileView ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VU#225217 - Sky Software FileView ActiveX control buffer overflow vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, US Government Resource
WinZip 10.0.7245 - FileView ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflow - Windows remote Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-067 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
Sky Software FileView ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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