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CVE-2006-6579

VendormicrosoftProductinternet information services, internet information serverDiscoveredDec 15, 2006UpdatedApr 23, 2026

Microsoft Windows XP has weak permissions (FILE_WRITE_DATA and FILE_READ_DATA for Everyone) for %WINDIR%\pchealth\ERRORREP\QHEADLES, which allows local users to write and read files in this folder, as demonstrated by an ASP shell that has write access by IWAM_machine and read access by IUSR_Machine.

CVSS v3.1
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EPSS
1.38%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Sep 13, 2026
▲ 0.05pp
1.32% → 1.38% over 2 tracked changes
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Dec 15, 2006
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Apr 23, 2026