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CVE-2006-0003

79
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0003 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the RDS.Dataspace ActiveX control within Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) versions 2.7 and 2.8, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Despite its age, the EPSS score of 0.915960000 and FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100 suggest significant exploitability. Multiple Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries exist, demonstrating readily available exploit code, and it has garnered notable community discussion and media coverage, including mentions in articles about exploit kits.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:data_access_components:2.5:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:data_access_components:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:data_access_components:2.7:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:data_access_components:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:data_access_components:2.8:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
82.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: MS06-014 Microsoft Internet Explorer COM CreateObject Code Execution · Apr 11, 2006
ExploitDB: EDB-16561 · Sep 20, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8250 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-014
secunia.com / advisories/19583
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20719
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25006
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29915
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1204
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1323
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1511
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1742
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1778
exploit-db.com / exploits/2052
exploit-db.com / exploits/2164
hitachi-support.com / security_e/vuls_e/HS06-013_e/01-e.html
hitachi-support.com / security_e/vuls_e/HS06-013_e/index-e.html
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/234812
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
osvdb.org / 24517
securityfocus.com / archive/1/475104/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/475108/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/475118/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/475490/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487216/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487219/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17462
securityfocus.com / bid/20797
securityfocus.com / data/vulnerabilities/exploits/0day_ie.pdf
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-101A.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1319
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2452