$ cve CVE-2006-5745 JSON

CVE-2006-5745 EXPLOIT

7.6

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 76.6% (pctl 100)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the setRequestHeader method in the XMLHTTP (XML HTTP) ActiveX Control 4.0 in Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 on Windows, when accessed by Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments that lead to memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4685. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Scoring

CVSS	7.6 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	76.62% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2006-11-06
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (1)

Vendor	Product
microsoft	xml core services

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Microsoft Internet Explorer - XML Core Services HTTP Request Handling (MS06-071) (Metasploit)	2010-07-03
exploit-db	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7 - XML Core Services Remote Code Execution (2)	2006-11-10
exploit-db	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7 - XML Core Services Remote Code Execution (3)	2006-11-10
exploit-db	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7 - XML Core Services Remote Code Execution (1)	2006-11-08

References

→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD