Vulnerability in Microsoft Ie
CVE-2006-2766
Buffer overflow in INETCOMM.DLL, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 through 6.0 SP2, Windows Explorer, Outlook Express 6, and possibly other programs, allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long mhtml URI in the URL value in a URL file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.6 (Low). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.479 (98.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.479 · newest: 0.479 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Ie — versions 6.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 6.0, 7.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435492/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/891204 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20384 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2088 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26810 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/25949 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:441 (signature, vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435609/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-043 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-2766?
- CVE-2006-2766 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Ie. Published 2006-06-02.
- Is CVE-2006-2766 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.