CVE-2006-4685
LOW · CVSS 2.6EPSS 20.7%EU EUVD
The XMLHTTP ActiveX control in Microsoft XML Parser 2.6 and XML Core Services 3.0 through 6.0 does not properly handle HTTP server-side redirects, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to access content from other domains.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 20.7% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4672)
- Published
- October 10, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4672 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / xml core services
- microsoft / xml core services
- microsoft / xml core services
- microsoft / xml parser
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22333
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017033
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/547212(US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/29425
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20339
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3980
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-061
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A221
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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