CVE-2006-4686
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 30.3%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) processing in Microsoft XML Parser 2.6 and XML Core Services 3.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Web page.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 30.3% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4673)
- 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-2006-4673 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/562788(US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/29426
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20338
- 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%3A285
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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