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CVE-2006-6759

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6759 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5. Specifically, a flaw in an ActiveX control (rpau3260.dll) allows remote attackers to crash Internet Explorer by manipulating arguments passed to the RealPlayer.Initialize method. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with network-based exploitation requiring low attack complexity and resulting in partial availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2966 · Dec 20, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0274 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/31138
exploit-db.com / exploits/2966
securityfocus.com / bid/21689
Exploit
securityfocus.com / data/vulnerabilities/exploits/21689.html
Exploit