CVE-2006-6884

Exp

Buffer overflow in the WZFILEVIEW.FileViewCtrl.61 ActiveX control (aka Sky Software "FileView" ActiveX control) for WinZip 10.0 Build 6667 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the CreateNewFolderFromName method, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5198.

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-2006-6884 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.57%, 94th percentile). 3 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-2006-6884

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3055 exploit_db edb 2006-12-31 Exploit-DB ↗
2785 exploit_db edb 2006-11-15 Exploit-DB ↗
2783 exploit_db edb 2006-11-14 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6884

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 2026-03-21 10.81% 11.57% +0.75%
2 2025-10-16 9.45% 10.81% +1.36%
3 2025-08-24 — 9.45% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6884

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6884

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6884

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6884: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6884

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6884

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
winzip winzip 10.0_build_6667 cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:10.0_build_6667:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6884

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