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CVE-2006-4686

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4686 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft XML Parser 2.6 and XML Core Services 3.0 through 6.0, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted webpage during XSLT processing. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While its EPSS score is low, suggesting limited real-world exploitation, there is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on the KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:xml_core_services:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:xml_core_services:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:xml_core_services:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:xml_parser:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
28.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2895 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-061
secunia.com / advisories/22333
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A285
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/562788
US Government Resource
osvdb.org / 29426
securityfocus.com / archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/20338
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3980