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CVE-2006-5559

N/A
Published: October 27, 2006 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorData Access ComponentsWindows XpWindows 2000

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 44%

Description

The Execute method in the ADODB.Connection 2.7 and 2.8 ActiveX control objects (ADODB.Connection.2.7 and ADODB.Connection.2.8) in the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 SP3, 2.7 SP1, 2.8, and 2.8 SP1 does not properly track freed memory when the second argument is a BSTR, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain strings in the second and third arguments.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Data Access Components· Microsoft
95%
2.5 sp32.7 sp12.82.8 sp1
microsoft-windows-2000 (environment) · microsoft-windows-2003-server (environment) · microsoft-windows-xp (environment)
Windows 2000· Microsoftdevice
80%
All versions
Windows 2003 Server· Microsoftdevice
80%
All versions
Windows Xp· Microsoftdevice
80%
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (12)

x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/27/adodb-connection-poc-published.aspx
x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061027.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22452
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017127
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/589272
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Source: [email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/31882
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20704
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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