Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-5198

RCE

Title: Winzip RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-5198

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Nov 14, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

60.20%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-5198: 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."

Impacted Vendors

winzip 1

Reference Links

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 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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-5198 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16607

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 23, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

November 14, 2006 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.