PT-2006-4336 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Sam Thomas · Published 2006-08-08 · Updated 2018-10-18 · CVE-2006-3451

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5 SP4 through 6

Description A remote code execution issue exists in the way Internet Explorer handles chained Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. An attacker could exploit this by constructing a specially crafted Web page, potentially allowing remote code execution if a user views the page, and could take complete control of an affected system.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5 SP4 through 6, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-3451

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 18

• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html · Patch
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/262004 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3451 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21396 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3451 · Security Note
• http://frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/3212 · Note
• http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/442578/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1343 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/19316 · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-026.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/442578/100/0/threaded · Note