CVE-2006-5884
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMultiple unspecified vulnerabilities in DirectAnimation ActiveX controls for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 have unknown impact and remote attack vectors, possibly related to (1) Danim.dll and (2) Lmrt.dll, a different set of vulnerabilities than CVE-2006-4446 and CVE-2006-4777.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMultiple vulnerabilities exist in DirectAnimation ActiveX controls for Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6, affecting Danim.dll and Lmrt.dll libraries. These unspecified vulnerabilities have unknown impact and can be exploited remotely via the vulnerable ActiveX controls.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 6= 5.1= 5.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
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Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check Internet Explorer versionOpen Internet Explorer, click Help > About Internet Explorer, or run 'winver' command from Run dialogAffected if Version is 5.1, 5.5, or 6.0
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Locate Danim.dll on the systemSearch for Danim.dll in system directories (C:\Windows\System32\) or use 'dir /s C:\Danim.dll' from command promptAffected if File exists on the system (indicates DirectAnimation component is present)
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Locate Lmrt.dll on the systemSearch for Lmrt.dll in system directories or use 'dir /s C:\Lmrt.dll' from command promptAffected if File exists on the system (indicates DirectAnimation component is present)
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Check if DirectAnimation ActiveX controls are registeredOpen Registry Editor and navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Code Store Database\DOM Distribution, or check HKCR\CLSID for entries containing 'DirectAnimation' or the Danim/Lmrt component CLSIDsAffected if DirectAnimation CLSID entries exist in the registry, meaning the ActiveX controls are registered and can be invoked by IE
A user is affected if they run Internet Explorer 5.1, 5.5, or 6.0 AND have the Danim.dll or Lmrt.dll DirectAnimation components present and registered as ActiveX controls on their system
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataDisable or remove DirectAnimation ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer, or migrate to a supported browser as IE 6 and earlier are no longer supported.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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