National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-4697
Original release date:02/13/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 uses certain COM objects from Imjpcksid.dll as ActiveX controls, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2006-4193.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#753924
Name: VU#753924
US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-044A
Name: TA07-044A
External Source: MS
Name: MS07-016
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 22486
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 31891
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-0584
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 24156
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1120
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1120
Type: Tool Signature