9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2006-4868
Microsoft Internet Explorer VML Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Vector Graphics Rendering engine (vgx.dll), as used in Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Vector Markup Language (VML) file with a long fill parameter within a rect tag.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 19, 2006, 7:07 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:16 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2006-4868 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-4868 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 internet_explorer
2 Microsoft outlook
3 Microsoft windows_2000
4 Microsoft windows_2003_server
5 Microsoft windows_xp
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-2006-4868.

URL Resource
http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/624
http://secunia.com/advisories/21989 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016879
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/seen-in-wild-zero-day-exploit-being.html
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925486
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/416092 US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/925568.mspx Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/28946
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446378/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446505/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446523/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446528/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446881/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447070/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448552/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448552/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20096 Exploit Patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-262A.html Patch US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3679 Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-055
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29004
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100
http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/624
http://secunia.com/advisories/21989 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016879
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/seen-in-wild-zero-day-exploit-being.html
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925486
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/416092 US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/925568.mspx Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/28946
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446378/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446505/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446523/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446528/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446881/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447070/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448552/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448552/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20096 Exploit Patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-262A.html Patch US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3679 Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-055
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29004
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100

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).

Exploit code

HTML Ruby Python

Updated: 3 years, 6 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 8, 2021, 6:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

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

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-4868 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-4868 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Jul. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 22, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.0.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/446528/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/446881/100/200/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/448552/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/447070/100/0/threaded [Patch]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/446505/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/446523/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/446378/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448552/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447070/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446881/100/200/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446528/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446523/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446505/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446378/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-055.mspx [Patch]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-055 [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:100 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29004 [Exploit, Patch]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29004 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 22, 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.
Exploit Prediction

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

23.42 }} 5.43%

score

0.96627

percentile

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