HIGH
Microsoft w3wp (aka w3wp.exe) does not properly handle when the AspCompat directive is not used when referencing COM components in ASP.NET, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or crash) by repeatedly requesting each of several documents that refer to COM components, or are restricted documents located under the ASP.NET application path
Published Mar 23, 2006
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 58.74%
Description
Microsoft w3wp (aka w3wp.exe) does not properly handle when the AspCompat directive is not used when referencing COM components in ASP.NET, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or crash) by repeatedly requesting each of several documents that refer to COM components, or are restricted documents located under the ASP.NET application path.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
7.8 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
58.74% 0.58743
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.58743
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (26 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 58.74% (0.58743) | 99.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 58.74% (0.58743) | 99.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 12, 2026 | 55.99% (0.55988) | 98.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 58.74% (0.58743) | 98.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 23.94% (0.23942) | 96.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 29.48% (0.29481) | 96.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 37.52% (0.37523) | 97.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 19, 2025 | 29.48% (0.29481) | 96.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 26.36% (0.26362) | 96.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 31.30% (0.31298) | 96.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 37.52% (0.37523) | 97.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 31.30% (0.31298) | 96.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 7, 2025 | 26.36% (0.26362) | 96.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 5, 2025 | 31.30% (0.31298) | 96.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 29.77% (0.29769) | 96.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 3, 2025 | 35.88% (0.35882) | 96.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 31.15% (0.31154) | 96.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 36.10% (0.36105) | 95.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 31.15% (0.31154) | 96.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.20% (0.02198) | 89.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 11, 2024 | 2.20% (0.02198) | 89.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 3, 2023 | 2.13% (0.02127) | 87.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 27, 2023 | 2.61% (0.02613) | 88.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.42% (0.02418) | 88.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 42.39% (0.42393) | 98.29th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 42.39% (0.42393) | 97.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://hackingspirits.com/vuln-rnd/w3wp-remote-dos.zip x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/044291.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/044292.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015825 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5KP0O0KI0Y.html x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428622/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17188 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25392 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1601 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://hackingspirits.com/vuln-rnd/w3wp-remote-dos.zip | x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkThird Party Advisory | |
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/044291.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory | |
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/044292.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015825 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5KP0O0KI0Y.html | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428622/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17188 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25392 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1601 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 23, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 23, 2006
Link CVE-2006-1364
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a