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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.1

CVE-2006-0012 json

Unspecified vulnerability in Windows Explorer in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to…

published 2006-04-12 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0020

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
24.8%
EPSS 24.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in Windows Explorer in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via attack vectors involving COM objects and "crafted files and directories," aka the "Windows Shell Vulnerability."

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

24.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.