Vulnerability in Microsoft Ie
CVE-2006-2094
Microsoft Internet Explorer before Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, when Prompt is configured in Security Settings, uses modal dialogs to verify that a user wishes to run an ActiveX control or perform other risky actions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to construct a race condition that tricks a user into clicking an object or pressing keys that are actually applied to a "Yes" approval for executing the control.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.231 (97.7th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.231 · newest: 0.231 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Ie — versions 5, 5.0, 5.0.1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1559 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0759.html (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17713 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/22351 (vdb-entry)
- student.missouristate.edu/m/matthew007/advisories.asp (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/045589.html (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26111 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2006-q2/0019.html (mailing-list)
- www.squarefree.com/2004/07/01/race-conditions-in-security-dialogs/