CVE-2006-5198

Exp

The WZFILEVIEW.FileViewCtrl.61 ActiveX control (aka Sky Software "FileView" ActiveX control) for WinZip 10.0 before build 7245 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified "unsafe methods."

Published: 2006-11-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5198 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 59.94%, 99th 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-2006-5198

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16607 exploit_db edb 2010-04-30 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5198

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 68.92% 59.94% -8.99%
2 2026-05-26 73.44% 68.92% -4.52%
3 2025-07-03 — 73.44% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5198

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No availability impact.
 4.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5198

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5198

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5198: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5198

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5198

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
winzip winzip 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5198

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