CVE-2006-6578

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Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 permits the IUSR_Machine account to execute non-EXE files such as .COM files, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via arguments to any .COM file that executes those arguments, as demonstrated using win.com when it is in a web directory with certain permissions.

Published: 2006-12-15 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6578 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.40%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-6578

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6578

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 2026-05-19 1.46% 1.40% -0.06%
2 2026-05-13 1.40% 1.46% +0.06%
3 2025-12-28 — 1.40% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6578

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-2006-6578

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6578

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6578: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6578

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6578

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft internet_information_services 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6578

URL Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2036 Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454268/100/0/threaded Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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