CVE-2006-5745
Unspecified vulnerability in the setRequestHeader method in the XMLHTTP (XML HTTP) ActiveX Control 4.0 in Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 on Windows, when accessed by Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments that lead to memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4685. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 77.6% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5729)
- Published
- November 6, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5729 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / xml core services
References
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=717
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22687(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017157
- http://www.iss.net/threats/239.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/585137(US Government Resource)
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/927892.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20915(Exploit)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4334
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/239(Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-071
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30004
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A104
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2743
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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