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    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 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.

    Published:Nov 6, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 6, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.87407
    CVSS Score:7.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Xml Core Services

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20915http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20915https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16532https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2743https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2749https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2753

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2017-0022 (CVSS 6.5) — Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows RT…
    CVE-2016-0147 (CVSS 8.8) — Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka …
    CVE-2015-2440 (CVSS 4.3) — Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, 5.0, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism …
    CVE-2015-2471 (CVSS 4.3) — Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, 5.0, and 6.0 supports SSL 2.0, which makes it easier for remote attackers to …
    CVE-2015-2434 (CVSS 4.3) — Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 and 5.0 supports SSL 2.0, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat…
    CVE-2015-1646 (CVSS 4.3) — Microsoft XML Core Services (aka MSXML) 3.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtai…
    CVE-2014-1816 (CVSS 4.3) — Microsoft XML Core Services (aka MSXML) 3.0 and 6.0 does not properly restrict the information transmitted by …
    CVE-2013-0006 (CVSS 8.8) — Microsoft XML Core Services (aka MSXML) 3.0, 5.0, and 6.0 does not properly parse XML content, which allows re…
    CVE-2013-0007 (CVSS 9.3) — Microsoft XML Core Services (aka MSXML) 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0 does not properly parse XML content, which allows re…
    CVE-2012-1889 (CVSS 8.8) — Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0 accesses uninitialized memory locations, which allows remot…

    References

    http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=717
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22687
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017157
    http://www.iss.net/threats/239.html
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/585137
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/927892.mspx
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20915
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4334
    http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/239
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-071
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30004
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A104
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2743
    http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=717
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22687
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017157
    http://www.iss.net/threats/239.html
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/585137
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/927892.mspx
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20915
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4334
    http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/239
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-071
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30004
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A104
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2743

    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