CVE-2006-0765

GUI display truncation vulnerability in ICQ Inc. (formerly Mirabilis) ICQ 2003a, 2003b, Lite 4.0, Lite 4.1, and possibly other Windows versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to hide malicious file extensions, bypass Windows security warnings via a filename that is all uppercase and of a specific length, which truncates the malicious extension from the display and could trick a user into executing arbitrary programs.

Published: 2006-02-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-0765 is rated Moderate Risk (43.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.16%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0765

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.16% 1.16% +1.00%
2 2025-07-15 0.27% 0.16% -0.11%
3 2023-10-24 0.27%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0765

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0765

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0765

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mirabilis icq 2003a cpe:2.3:a:mirabilis:icq:2003a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mirabilis icq 2003b cpe:2.3:a:mirabilis:icq:2003b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mirabilis icq_lite 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:mirabilis:icq_lite:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mirabilis icq_lite 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:mirabilis:icq_lite:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0765

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