CVE-2006-0187
By design, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 automatically executes code in the Load event of a user-defined control (UserControl1_Load…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 19.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Microsoft Visual Studio - UserControl Remote Code Execution (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27072remote, windowspublished 12 Jan 2006Verified
- Microsoft Visual Studio - UserControl Remote Code Execution (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27073remote, windowspublished 12 Jan 2006Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 19.1% · top 2.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- visualstudio-usercontrol-code-execution(24116) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 16225 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 18409 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060113 Visual Studio Remote Code Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0151 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0195 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-0187)Record last updated .