CVE-2006-6488

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the DoModal function in the Dialog Wrapper Module ActiveX control (DlgWrapper.dll) before 8.4.166.0, as used by ICONICS OPC Enabled Gauge, Switch, and Vessel ActiveX, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) FileName or (2) Filter argument.

Published: 2006-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6488 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 29.59%, 96th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +10.96% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6488

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6570 exploit_db edb 2008-09-25 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6488

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 2026-01-03 18.62% 29.59% +10.96%
2 2025-08-22 18.05% 18.62% +0.58%
3 2025-03-30 — 18.05% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6488

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-2006-6488

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6488

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6488: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6488

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6488

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
iconics dialog_wrapper_module_activex_control <= 8.4.165.0 cpe:2.3:a:iconics:dialog_wrapper_module_activex_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6488

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