National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-4686
Original release date:10/10/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in the Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) processing in Microsoft XML Parser 2.6 and XML Core Services 3.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Web page.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#562788
Name: VU#562788
External Source: MS
Name: MS06-061
Type: Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 20338
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBST02161
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 29426
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-3980
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1017033
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22333
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:285
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:285
Type: Tool Signature
