{"id":"CVE-2006-4495","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-4495","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:41:34.243Z","title":"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,…","description":"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, and (4) creator.dll.","published":"2006-08-31T22:04:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:29:13.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["microsoft/ie","microsoft/windows 2003 server"],"epss":{"score":0.20706,"percentile":0.97514,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2006-08-21","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":28420,"kind":"exploit","title":"Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - Multiple COM Object Instantiation Code Execution Vulnerabilities","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28420","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/28420.html","file":"exploits/windows/dos/28420.html","published":"2006-08-21","added":"2006-08-21","updated":"2013-09-21","author":"nop","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2006-4495","OSVDB-29526"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19636/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1474","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443896/100/100/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19636","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=Releases&act=view&type=1&id=16","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28512","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1474","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443896/100/100/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19636","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=Releases&act=view&type=1&id=16","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28512","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4495","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}