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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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 records are not available for this CVE.