CVE-2006-6579

Microsoft Windows XP has weak permissions (FILE_WRITE_DATA and FILE_READ_DATA for Everyone) for %WINDIR%\pchealth\ERRORREP\QHEADLES, which allows local users to write and read files in this folder, as demonstrated by an ASP shell that has write access by IWAM_machine and read access by IUSR_Machine.

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-2006-6579 is rated Low Risk (29.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.16%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6579

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 2025-03-17 0.07% 0.16% +0.09%
2 2023-03-07 1.26% 0.07% -1.19%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.26% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6579

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 3.4 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6579

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6579

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6579: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6579

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6579

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft internet_information_server <= 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_information_server 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_information_server 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_information_server 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_information_services 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_information_services 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6579

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