CVE-2006-5745
Unspecified vulnerability in the setRequestHeader method in the XMLHTTP (XML HTTP) ActiveX Control 4.0 in Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0…
- 7.6HighCVSS base score
- 77.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
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 4 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits6
Metasploit modules1 module
- MS06-071 Microsoft Internet Explorer XML Core Services HTTP Request Handling (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/ms06_071_xml_coreRank normaldisclosed 10 Oct 2006
Exploit-DB4 entries
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - XML Core Services HTTP Request Handling (MS06-071) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16532remote, windowspublished 3 Jul 2010Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7 - XML Core Services Remote Code Execution (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2749remote, windowspublished 10 Nov 2006Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7 - XML Core Services Remote Code Execution (3) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2753remote, windowspublished 10 Nov 2006Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7 - XML Core Services Remote Code Execution (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2743remote, windowspublished 8 Nov 2006Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 2743 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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By mitre
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)
- 77.6% · 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
14
- TA06-318A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/239 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:104 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1017157 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 2743 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20061104 Vulnerability in Microsoft XML HTTP Request Handling (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISSx_transferred
- MS06-071 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4334 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=717 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20915 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 22687 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ie-xml-http-request-handling(30004) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/927892.mspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#585137 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_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-2006-5729 (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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