THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-0005
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-0005

Windows Nt vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
39.2%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in the plug-in for Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 and 10, when used in browsers other than Internet Explorer and set as the default application to handle media files, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via HTML with an EMBED element containing a long src attribute.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows Nt
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2006-02-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 39.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-0005

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Nt is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-0005.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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