CVE-2006-4704

mediumpriority · attend · 53EPSS 0.456 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

45.6% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in the WMI Object Broker (WMIScriptUtils.WMIObjectBroker2) ActiveX control (WmiScriptUtils.dll) in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 allows remote attackers to bypass Internet zone restrictions and execute arbitrary code by instantiating dangerous objects, aka "WMI Object Broker Vulnerability."

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USLLM-inferredCWE-94USLLM-inferred

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/windows/browser/ie_createobjectMS06-014 Microsoft Internet Explorer COM CreateObject Code Executionweaponized · metasploit
EDB-16561Microsoft Internet Explorer - COM CreateObject Code Execution (MS06-014/MS06-073) (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
microsoft visual studio .net= 2005nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2006-11-01modified 2026-06-16

references (34)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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