CVE-2006-2273

I Nav vulnerability

CVSS

9.3

EPSS

3.3%

EPSS pct

87th

Exploited

No known

The InstallProduct routine in the Verisign VUpdater.Install (aka i-Nav) ActiveX control does not verify Microsoft Cabinet (.CAB) files, which allows remote attackers to run an arbitrary executable file.

Affected vendor

Verisign

Affected product

I Nav

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published

2006-05-12

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 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Verisign I Nav is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-2273.
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