Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2006-2218
Unspecified vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6.0 on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "exceptional conditions" that trigger memory corruption, as demonstrated using an exception handler and nested object tags, a variant of CVE-2006-1992.
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: 0.328 (98.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.328 · newest: 0.328 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 6.0
- Microsoft Windows Xp
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1768 (signature, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1961 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-41/advisory (Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2319 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437099/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17820 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1078 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/27475 (vdb-entry)