CVE-2006-4704

Visual Studio .Net vulnerability

CVSS

6.8

EPSS

42.8%

EPSS pct

99th

Exploited

No known

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."

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Visual Studio .Net

CVSS vector

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

Published

2006-11-01

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 42.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

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