CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-4219

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Terminal Services COM object (tsuserex.dll) can be instantiated as an ActiveX object in Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 on Microsoft Windows 2003 EE SP1 CN. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could remotely crash the browser or the entire system, and in the worst case gain control of the machine. This particularly affects environments where users rely on Internet Explorer on the specified Windows version.

Recommendation

Update Windows and Internet Explorer to the latest version. Consider disabling or blocking the instantiation of the tsuserex.dll ActiveX object in the browser if it is not required.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Terminal Services COM object (tsuserex.dll) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by instantiating it as an ActiveX object in Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 on Microsoft Windows 2003 EE SP1 CN.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS