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CVE-2006-2297

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2297 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft's Infotech Storage System Library (itss.dll), affecting products that utilize this component. This vulnerability allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious CHM or ITS file that triggers the overflow during decompression. With a CVSS score of 4.0, it has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:infotech_storage_system_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-27850 · May 9, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1936 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

secunia.com / advisories/20061
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/886
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26340
osvdb.org / 25501
reversemode.com / advisories/advisory-itss.pdf
securityfocus.com / archive/1/433435/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/433833/30/5040/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/433854/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17926
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1761
Vendor Advisory