Vulnerability CVE-2006-4495
Published: 2006-08-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code by instantiating certain Windows 2000 ActiveX COM Objects including (1) ciodm.dll, (2) myinfo.dll, (3) msdxm.ocx, and (4) creator.dll.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Windows 2000 Multiple COM Object Instantiation Vulnerability
nop (nop xsec or...
01.09.2006

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Microsoft -> IE 
Microsoft -> Windows 2003 server 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1474
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443896/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19636
http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=Releases&act=view&type=1&id=16
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28512
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