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CVE-2006-0003· NVD / CVE Program· CNA microsoft

Unspecified vulnerability in the RDS.Dataspace ActiveX control, which is contained in ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) and distributed in Microsof

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 45/100)

  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (Exploit-DB); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 82.7% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.6% of all records.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

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Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Unspecified vulnerability in the RDS.Dataspace ActiveX control, which is contained in ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) and distributed in Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.7 and 2.8, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors.

MediumCVSS 5.1 · v2.0—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
Apr 11, 2006
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
82.7% · 99th percentile
CWE
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Action score

45

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
25 / 30 · 82.7%

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
microsoftdata access components

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • microsoft data access components2.5
  • microsoft data access components2.7
  • microsoft data access components2.8

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-1999-1011The Remote Data Service (RDS) DataFactory component of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) in IIS 3.x and 4.x exposes unsafe methods, wh
    63This week
  • CVE-2011-0027Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 SP1 and SP2, and Windows Data Access Components (WDAC) 6.0, does not properly validate memory al
    53Plan
  • CVE-2002-1142Heap-based buffer overflow in the Remote Data Services (RDS) component of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.1 through 2.6, and Inter
    53Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2003-0353Aug 27, 2003 · Buffer overflow in a component of SQL-DMO for Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 through 2.7 allows remote attackers to execute arb
    37Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2003-0903Feb 17, 2004 · Buffer overflow in a component of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 through 2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
    51Plan
  • Later →CVE-2011-0026Jan 11, 2011 · Integer signedness error in the SQLConnectW function in an ODBC API (odbc32.dll) in Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 SP1 and SP2,
    47Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×3

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entryremote2006-08-10
Exploit-DB entryremote2010-09-20
Exploit-DB entryremote2006-07-21
Metasploit moduleexploit/windows/browser/ie_createobjectMS06-014 Microsoft Internet Explorer COM CreateObject Code Executionexploit2006-04-11

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Metasploit-1 d
  2. Published
  3. First PoC+100 d
  4. TodayOct 21, 2026+7497 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
High
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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