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9.3
HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2006-0005
Microsoft Windows Media Player WMP Plugin Remote Code Execution Buffer Overflow
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 14, 2006, 7:06 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-0005 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_2000
2 Microsoft windows_2003_server
3 Microsoft windows_server_2003
4 Microsoft windows_xp
5 Microsoft windows-nt
6 Microsoft windows_2000_advanced_server
7 Microsoft windows_server_2000
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 7
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, XP and 2003.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2006-0005.

URL Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/18852 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015628
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=393
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/692060 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16644
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0575
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-006
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24493
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1559
http://secunia.com/advisories/18852 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015628
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=393
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/692060 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16644
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0575
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-006
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24493
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1559
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-0005 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-0005 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-0005 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-0005 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/18852
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1015628
    Added Reference http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=393
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/692060
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16644
    Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0575
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-006
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24493
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1559
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:server:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows-nt:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows-nt:xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-006.mspx [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-006 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1559 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1559 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/24493 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24493 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 21, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

71.76 }} 3.66%

score

0.98646

percentile