{
    "id": "CVE-2006-6659",
    "published": "2006-12-20 02:28:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:33:33",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "The Microsoft Office Outlook Recipient ActiveX control (ole32.dll) in Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 hang) via crafted HTML.",
    "epss_score": "0.17596",
    "epss_percentile": "0.97050",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:06",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "ie"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "outlook"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_xp"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "29295",
            "title": "Microsoft Outlook - ActiveX Control Remote Internet Explorer Denial of Service",
            "date": "2006-12-18",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29295"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "2946",
            "title": "Microsoft Office Outlook Recipient Control - 'ole32.dll' Denial of Service",
            "date": "2006-12-18",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2946"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1017397",
        "http://shinnai.altervista.org/viewtopic.php?id=41&t_id=8",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21649",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1017397",
        "http://shinnai.altervista.org/viewtopic.php?id=41&t_id=8",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21649"
    ]
}