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CVE-2006-2273
The InstallProduct routine in the Verisign VUpdater.Install (aka i-Nav) ActiveX control does not verify Microsoft Cabinet (.CAB) files,…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 3.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The InstallProduct routine in the Verisign VUpdater.Install (aka i-Nav) ActiveX control does not verify Microsoft Cabinet (.CAB) files, which allows remote attackers to run an arbitrary executable file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 1016059 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 25431 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-014.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1763 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20074 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- verisign-inav-activex-code-execution(26375) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060510 ZDI-06-014: Verisign I-Nav ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 878 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 17939 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2006-2274 (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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