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CVE-2006-0187

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 19.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-01-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

By design, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 automatically executes code in the Load event of a user-defined control (UserControl1_Load function), which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into opening a malicious Visual Studio project file.

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Studio .Net: 2005

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/18409
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421943/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16225
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0151
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24116
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18409
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421943/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16225
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0151
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24116

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