CVE Feed

    Dashboard / CVE / CVE-2006-5198

    CVE-2006-5198

    The WZFILEVIEW.FileViewCtrl.61 ActiveX control (aka Sky Software "FileView" ActiveX control) for WinZip 10.0 before build 7245 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified "unsafe methods."

    Published:Nov 14, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 14, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.73442
    CVSS Score:4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Winzip
    Product
    Winzip

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16607

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2025-33028 (CVSS 6.1) — In WinZip through 29.0, there is a Mark-of-the-Web Bypass Vulnerability because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2…
    CVE-2025-1240 (CVSS 8.8) — WinZip 7Z File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remo…
    CVE-2024-8811 (CVSS 7.8) — WinZip Mark-of-the-Web Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass the Mark-of-…
    CVE-2008-3442 (CVSS 7.5) — WinZip before 11.0 does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attack…
    CVE-2007-0264 (CVSS 6.6) — Buffer overflow in Winzip32.exe in WinZip 9.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application cra…
    CVE-2006-6884 (CVSS 9.3) — Buffer overflow in the WZFILEVIEW.FileViewCtrl.61 ActiveX control (aka Sky Software "FileView" ActiveX control…
    CVE-2006-3890 (CVSS 9.3) — Stack-based buffer overflow in the Sky Software FileView ActiveX control, as used in WinZip 10 before build 72…
    CVE-2004-1465 (CVSS 3.7) — Multiple buffer overflows in WinZip 9.0 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple…
    CVE-2004-0235 (CVSS 6.4) — Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in LHA 1.14 allow remote attackers or local users to create arbit…
    CVE-2004-0234 (CVSS 10) — Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the get_header function in header.c for LHA 1.14, as used in products…

    References

    http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1861
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22891
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017226
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512804
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451589/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21060
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4509
    http://www.winzip.com/wz7245.htm
    http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-040.html
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-067
    http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1861
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22891
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017226
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512804
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451589/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21060
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4509
    http://www.winzip.com/wz7245.htm
    http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-040.html
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-067

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High