CVE-2006-6579

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.4)—

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

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 4.4

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.38%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 71
Score date: 10/6/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Microsoft — Internet Information Server Microsoft — Internet Information Services

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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