CVE-2006-5448

The drmstor.dll ActiveX object in Microsoft Windows Digital Rights Management System (DRM) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long parameter to the StoreLicense function, which triggers "memory corruption" and possibly a buffer overflow.

Published: 2006-10-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5448 is rated Moderate Risk (63.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.80%, 96th 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-2006-5448

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 2026-06-19 11.70% 11.80% +0.09%
2 2026-06-15 38.35% 11.70% -26.65%
3 2025-10-14 — 38.35% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5448

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-2006-5448

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5448

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5448: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5448

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5448

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_digital_rights_management — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_digital_rights_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5448

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