Vulnerability in Microsoft Hyperlink Object Library
CVE-2006-3438
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Hyperlink Object Library (hlink.dll), possibly a buffer overflow, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted hyperlinks that are not properly handled when hlink.dll "uses a file containing a malformed function," aka "Hyperlink Object Function Vulnerability."
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: 0.118 (96.0th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.118 · newest: 0.118 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19405 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:115 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/683612 (US Government Resource, Patch, third-party-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html (US Government Resource, Patch, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-050 (vendor-advisory)