CVE-2006-3890

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Sky Software FileView ActiveX control, as used in WinZip 10 before build 7245 and in certain other applications, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long FilePattern attribute in a WZFILEVIEW object, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5198.

Published: 2006-11-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-3890 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 49.55%, 98th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-3890

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3420 exploit_db edb 2007-03-06 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3890

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 2025-07-10 48.69% 49.55% +0.86%
2 2025-05-18 54.90% 48.69% -6.21%
3 2025-03-30 — 54.90% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3890

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3890

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-3890

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-3890: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-3890

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-3890

Solution: This vulnerability is addressed in the following product update: WinZip, WinZip, 10.0 build 7245

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3890

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sky_software fileview_activex_control — cpe:2.3:a:sky_software:fileview_activex_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
winzip winzip <= 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
winzip winzip 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
winzip winzip 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
winzip winzip 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
winzip winzip 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:8.1:sr1:*:*:*:*:*:*
winzip winzip 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3890

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