CVE-2006-0012: Microsoft Windows 2000

Medium severity, CVSS 5.1. EPSS: 24.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unspecified vulnerability in Windows Explorer in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via attack vectors involving COM objects and "crafted files and directories," aka the "Windows Shell Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: version datacenter_64-bit only; version enterprise only; version enterprise_64-bit only; version r2 only; version standard only; version standard_64-bit only; …
• Microsoft Windows 98: any version
• Microsoft Windows 98se: any version
• Microsoft Windows Me: any version
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2006-04-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.