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CVE-2006-5745

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 77.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-11-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the setRequestHeader method in the XMLHTTP (XML HTTP) ActiveX Control 4.0 in Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 on Windows, when accessed by Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments that lead to memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4685. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

• Microsoft Corporation XML Core Services: 4.0

References

• http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=717
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22687
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017157
• http://www.iss.net/threats/239.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/585137
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/927892.mspx
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20915
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4334
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/239
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-071
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30004

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