{"id":"CVE-2006-4627","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-4627","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:39:19.043Z","title":"System Information ActiveX control (msinfo.dll), when accessed via Microsoft Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SaveFile function with a long (1) computer and possibly (2) filename and (3) category…","description":"System Information ActiveX control (msinfo.dll), when accessed via Microsoft Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SaveFile function with a long (1) computer and possibly (2) filename and (3) category argument.","published":"2006-09-07T21:04:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:29:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["microsoft/system information activex control"],"epss":{"score":0.14119,"percentile":0.96544,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.1%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://noderat.spaces.live.com/blog/cns%216ADE4614B66EADD2%211150.entry","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30557436&postID=115190809697529918","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/28381","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://noderat.spaces.live.com/blog/cns%216ADE4614B66EADD2%211150.entry","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30557436&postID=115190809697529918","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/28381","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4627","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."}