CVE-2006-5745

Summary

CVECVE-2006-5745
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-06 18:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.6 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Xml Core Services 4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft XML Core Service XMLHTTP ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-071 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
Microsoft XML HTTP Request Handling Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
VU#585137 - Microsoft XML Core Services XMLHTTP ActiveX control vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Microsoft XMLHTTP ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7 (XML Core Services) Remote Code Execution Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Your request has been blocked. This could be due to several reasons. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.microsoft.com
Internet Security Systems - af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xforce.iss.net Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Microsoft XML Core Services ActiveX Control Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
SecuriTeam Blogs » ActiveX - reason of the newest Windows 0-day, again af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.securiteam.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-318A -- Microsoft Security Updates for Windows, Internet Explorer, and Adobe Flash af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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