CVE-2006-4495

Exp

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code by instantiating certain Windows 2000 ActiveX COM Objects including (1) ciodm.dll, (2) myinfo.dll, (3) msdxm.ocx, and (4) creator.dll.

Published: 2006-08-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-4495 is rated High Exploit Risk (74/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 20.21%, 97th percentile). 1 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-2006-4495

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28420 exploit_db edb 2006-08-21 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4495

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 54.99% 20.21% -34.79%
2 2026-01-11 54.57% 54.99% +0.42%
3 2025-04-19 — 54.57% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4495

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4495

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4495

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft ie 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server 2000_server cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:2000_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server 2000_server cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:2000_server:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server 2000_server cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:2000_server:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server 2000_server cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:2000_server:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server 2000_server cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:2000_server:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server advanced_server cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server advanced_server cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:advanced_server:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server advanced_server cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:advanced_server:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server advanced_server cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:advanced_server:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server advanced_server cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:advanced_server:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server datacenter_server cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:datacenter_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server datacenter_server cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:datacenter_server:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server datacenter_server cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:datacenter_server:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server datacenter_server cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:datacenter_server:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server datacenter_server cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:datacenter_server:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server professional cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:professional:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server professional cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:professional:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server professional cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:professional:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server professional cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:professional:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server professional cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:professional:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4495

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