CVE-2006-5198 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WZFILEVIEW.FileViewCtrl.61 ActiveX control (aka Sky Software "FileView" ActiveX control) for WinZip 10.0 before build 7245 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified "unsafe methods."

Published: 2006-11-14

Score: 4.0 Medium

EPSS: 73.4% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:winzip:winzip:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.73442.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1861
http://secunia.com/advisories/22891
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017226
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512804
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451589/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21060
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4509
http://www.winzip.com/wz7245.htm
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-040.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-067

History

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Subscriptions

Winzip Winzip

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-11-14T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:41:04.464Z

Reserved: 2006-10-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5198

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-11-14T21:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-5198

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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