CVE-2006-4692

Argument injection vulnerability in the Windows Object Packager (packager.exe) in Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2 and Server 2003 SP1 and earlier allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted file with a "/" (slash) character in the filename of the Command Line property, followed by a valid file extension, which causes the command before the slash to be executed, aka "Object Packager Dialogue Spoofing Vulnerability."

Published: 2006-10-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-4692 is rated Moderate Risk (57.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 66.64%, 98th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +2.66% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4692

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 2025-12-28 63.98% 66.64% +2.66%
2 2025-12-27 66.64% 63.98% -2.66%
3 2025-10-28 — 66.64% —

Full EPSS history (27 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4692

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-2006-4692

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-4692

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-4692: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-4692

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4692

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_server_2003 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2003 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4692

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/20717 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-54/advisory/ Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017037 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/703936 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/29424 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448273/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448696/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20318 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3984 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-065 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A496 Broken Link
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