CVE-2006-4692

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 29.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-10-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-88

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in the Windows Object Packager (packager.exe) in Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2 and Server 2003 SP1 and earlier allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted file with a "/" (slash) character in the filename of the Command Line property, followed by a valid file extension, which causes the command before the slash to be executed, aka "Object Packager Dialogue Spoofing Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20717
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-54/advisory/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017037
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/703936
http://www.osvdb.org/29424
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448273/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448696/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20318
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3984
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-065
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A496

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