Microsoft Internet Explorer before Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, when Prompt is configured in Security Settings, uses modal dialogs to verify that a user wishes to run an ActiveX control or perform other risky actions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to construct a race condition that tricks a user into clicking an object or pressing keys that are actually applied to a "Yes" approval for executing the control.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2094 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 44.75%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.53% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27744 | exploit_db | edb | 2006-04-26 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-05-28 | 38.22% | 44.75% | +6.53% |
| 2 | 2025-09-09 | 34.91% | 38.22% | +3.31% |
| 3 | 2025-04-01 | — | 34.91% | — |
Full EPSS history (15 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
4.9 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | ie | 5 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5:*:windows_nt_4.0:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | ie | 5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.0:*:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | ie | 5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.0:*:windows_95:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | ie | 5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.0:*:windows_98:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | ie | 5.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.0.1:*:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | ie | 5.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.0.1:*:windows_95:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | ie | 5.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.0.1:*:windows_98:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | ie | 5.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.0.1:*:windows_nt_4.0:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | ie | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | ie | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 5.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 5.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 5.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 5.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 5.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 5.5 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 5.5 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:preview:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 5.5 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 5.5 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |