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CVE-2006-4465

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4465 describes a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Terminal Server. When specific "Start program at logon" and "Override settings" options are enabled for an application session, a local user can trigger an Explorer error to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity with network access, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and a FAUCET Risk Score of 95/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

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

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0919 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityreason.com / securityalert/1486
wklpc.blogspot.com / 2006/08/easy-ms-terminal-server-desktop-hack.html
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/443364/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/443428/100/200/threaded