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CVE-2006-4627

System Information ActiveX control (msinfo.dll), when accessed via Microsoft Internet Explorer,...

5.0 Medium

CVE-2006-4627 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft System Information Activex Control, published September 7, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.1%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
5.0 MediumCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
14.1%EPSS, 96th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

System Information ActiveX control (msinfo.dll), when accessed via Microsoft Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SaveFile function with a long (1) computer and possibly (2) filename and (3) category argument.

Exploit likelihood

14.1%Up 2.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used5.0

System Information ActiveX control (msinfo.dll), when accessed via Microsoft Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SaveFile function with a long (1) computer and possibly (2) filename and (3) category argument.

Record
CVE-2006-4627
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

System Information ActiveX control (msinfo.dll), when accessed via Microsoft Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SaveFile function with a long (1) computer and possibly (2) filename and (3) category argument.

Record
CVE-2006-4627
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-4615No score

System Information ActiveX control (msinfo.dll), when accessed via Microsoft Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SaveFile function with a long (1) computer and possibly (2) filename and (3) category argument.

Record
EUVD-2006-4615
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f5xf-mm43-mjm8No score

System Information ActiveX control (msinfo.dll), when accessed via Microsoft Internet Explorer,...

System Information ActiveX control (msinfo.dll), when accessed via Microsoft Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SaveFile function with a long (1) computer and possibly (2) filename and (3) category argument.

Record
GHSA-f5xf-mm43-mjm8
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

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