CVE-2006-0012

MediumCVSS 5.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Windows Explorer in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via attack vectors involving COM objects and "crafted files and directories," aka the "Windows Shell Vulnerability."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.1/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Apr 12, 2006
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

Related CVEs from 2006

CVE-2006-00136.5Buffer overflow in the Web Client service (WebClnt.dll) for Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 up to SP1, allows remote autheCVE-2006-00145.1Buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Windows Address Book CVE-2006-00156.8Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in _vti_bin/_vti_adm/fpadmdll.dll in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002 and SharePoint TeamCVE-2006-00197.5Heap-based buffer overflow in the encodeURI and decodeURI functions in the kjs JavaScript interpreter engine in KDE 3.2.0 through 3.5.0 alloCVE-2006-00209.3An unspecified Microsoft WMF parsing application, as used in Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4, and 5.5 SP2 on Windows MillenniCVE-2006-00217.8Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 up to SP1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via an IGMP packet CVE-2006-00227.6Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP1 and SP2, Office 2004 for Mac,CVE-2006-00234.3Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and SP2 before August 2004, and possibly other operating systems and versions, uses insecure default ACLs that alloCVE-2006-00245.1Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player 8.0.22.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a craftCVE-2006-00259.3Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 and 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image witCVE-2006-00266.5Buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0, 5.1, and 6.0 allows local and possibly remote attackers to execute arbCVE-2006-00277.5Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via e-mail messages with crafted (1) vCal
CVE-2006-0012: Medium severity, CVSS 5.1 | Vulnix