VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-4495

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code by instantiating certain Windows 2000 ActiveX COM Objects including (1) ciodm.dll, (2) myinfo.dll, (3) msdxm.ocx,…

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 7.5EPSS 20.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 20.71% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits: 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 21 August 2006
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: microsoft/ie · microsoft/windows 2003 server
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 20.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-28420 source ↗	Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - Multiple COM Object Instantiation Code Execution Vulnerabilitieswindows · nop	dos	21 August 2006	yes

References

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