CVE-2006-5157

Format string vulnerability in the ActiveX control (ATXCONSOLE.OCX) in TrendMicro OfficeScan Corporate Edition (OSCE) before 7.3 Patch 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string identifiers in the "Management Console's Remote Client Install name search".

Published: 2006-10-05 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5157 is rated Moderate Risk (54.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 19.03%, 95th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5157

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 2025-05-22 18.45% 19.03% +0.59%
2 2025-03-30 13.57% 18.45% +4.87%
3 2025-03-29 — 13.57% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5157

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-2006-5157

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5157

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5157: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5157

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-5157

Solution: This vulnerability is addressed in the following product patch: Trend Micro, OfficeScan, Corporate 7.3 Patch 1

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5157

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
trend_micro officescan corporate_7.3 cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:officescan:corporate_7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5157

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