CVE-2006-5501

Buffer overflow in the AOL.PicDownloadCtrl.1 ActiveX control (YGPPicDownload.dll) 9.2.3.0 in America Online (AOL) 9.0 Security Edition allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the downloadFileDirectory property, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5502.

Published: 2006-10-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5501 is rated Moderate Risk (61.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.42%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5501

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 2025-06-13 5.22% 5.42% +0.20%
2 2025-03-30 4.03% 5.22% +1.19%
3 2025-03-29 — 4.03% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5501

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-2006-5501

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5501

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5501: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5501

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-5501

Solution: Users of the affected products are recommended to log in to the AOL service and a fix will be seamlessly applied to their system.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5501

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aol aol 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:aol:aol:9.0:*:security:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5501

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