Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code by…

published 2006-08-31 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-4482

cvss: 7.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 22.1%; EPSS 22.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code by instantiating certain Visual Studio 6.0 ActiveX COM Objects in Internet Explorer, including (1) tcprops.dll, (2) fp30wec.dll, (3) mdt2db.dll, (4) mdt2qd.dll, and (5) vi30aut.dll.

Timeline

2006-08-08 First public exploit (EDB-28401)
2006-08-31 Published

Exploit prediction

22.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-28401 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Visual Studio COM Object Instantiation Denial of Service dos, 2006-08-08
xsec.org http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=15 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

xsec.org /index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=15
exploit, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /archive/1/443499/100/100/threaded
mailing-list
securityfocus.com /bid/19572
vdb-entry
securityreason.com /securityalert/1473
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2006-4494
NVD CVE-2006-4494

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Summary