CVE-2006-4704
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 45.6%EU EUVD
Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in the WMI Object Broker (WMIScriptUtils.WMIObjectBroker2) ActiveX control (WmiScriptUtils.dll) in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 allows remote attackers to bypass Internet zone restrictions and execute arbitrary code by instantiating dangerous objects, aka "WMI Object Broker Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 45.6% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4691)
- Published
- November 1, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4691 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / visual studio .net
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/11/01/microsoft-security-advisory-927709-posted.aspx
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061031.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22603(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017142
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/854856(US Government Resource)
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/927709.mspx(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454201/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20797
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20843(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/0day_ie.pdf
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4282(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-047.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-073
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29915
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A288
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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