CVE-2006-4777
Heap-based buffer overflow in the DirectAnimation Path Control (DirectAnimation.PathControl) COM object (daxctle.ocx) for Internet…
- 7.6HighCVSS base score
- 79.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the DirectAnimation Path Control (DirectAnimation.PathControl) COM object (daxctle.ocx) for Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1, on Chinese and possibly other Windows distributions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown manipulations in arguments to the KeyFrame method, possibly related to an integer overflow, as demonstrated by daxctle2, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4446.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- MS06-067 Microsoft Internet Explorer Daxctle.OCX KeyFrame Method Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/ms06_067_keyframeRank normaldisclosed 14 Nov 2006
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - Daxctle.OCX KeyFrame Method Heap Buffer Overflow (MS06-067) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16506remote, windowspublished 16 Jul 2010Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - COM Object Remote Heap Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2358remote, windowspublished 13 Sept 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 79.9% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
18
- 1016854 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 21910 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1577 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- TA06-318A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/925444.mspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3593 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 28842 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20060918 Re: IE ActiveX 0day? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060915 RE: IE ActiveX 0day? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#377369 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=2&id=20 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ie-directanimation-code-execution(28942) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20047 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060915 Fwd: IE ActiveX 0day? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1103 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MS06-067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20060913 [0day] daxctle2.c - Internet Explorer COM Object Heap Overflow Download Exec Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060915 Re: Fwd: IE ActiveX 0day? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2006-4764 (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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