{"id":"CVE-2006-6602","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-6602","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:42:52.593Z","title":"explorer.exe in Windows Explorer 6.00.2900.2180 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted WMV file.","description":"explorer.exe in Windows Explorer 6.00.2900.2180 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted WMV file.","published":"2006-12-15T22:28:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:33:27.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["microsoft/windows explorer","microsoft/windows xp"],"epss":{"score":0.14971,"percentile":0.96689,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2006-12-15","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":29286,"kind":"exploit","title":"Microsoft Windows Explorer - 'explorer.exe .WMV' File Handling Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29286","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/29286.txt","file":"exploits/windows/dos/29286.txt","published":"2006-12-15","added":"2006-12-15","updated":"2017-03-31","author":"shinnai","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2006-6602","OSVDB-33306"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21612/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.0%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454502/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454584/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21612","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5039","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454502/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454584/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21612","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5039","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6602","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."}