CVE-2006-4704
MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctlDescription
Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in the WMI Object Broker (WMIScriptUtils.WMIObjectBroker2) ActiveX control (WmiScriptUtils.dll) in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 allows remote attackers to bypass Internet zone restrictions and execute arbitrary code by instantiating dangerous objects, aka "WMI Object Broker Vulnerability."
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/11/01/microsoft-security-advisory-927709-posted.aspx
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061031.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22603
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017142
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/854856
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/927709.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454201/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20797
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20843
- http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/0day_ie.pdf
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4282
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-047.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-073
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29915
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A288
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