RCE in Microsoft Ie
CVE-2006-1359
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a certain createTextRange call on a checkbox object, which results in a dereference of an invalid table pointer.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.683 (99.3th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.683 · newest: 0.683 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Ie — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.computerterrorism.com/research/ct22-03-2006 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429088/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1678 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429124/30/6120/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1050 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:985 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/876678 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/24050 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1178 (signature, vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1427.html (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-1359?
- CVE-2006-1359 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, classified under Code Injection. Published 2006-03-23.
- Is CVE-2006-1359 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.