PT-2006-4744 · Microsoft · Windows Xp+1

Published 2006-07-27 · Updated 2021-12-13 · CVE-2006-3898

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 on Windows XP SP2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This occurs when the Click method of the Internet.HHCtrl.1 ActiveX object is called before initializing the URL, triggering a null dereference.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 on Windows XP SP2, avoid calling the Click method of the Internet.HHCtrl.1 ActiveX object before initializing the URL as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-3898

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

Windows Xp

References · 7

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/19109 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/28256 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-22-internethhctrl-click.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3898 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27929 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/27231 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2952 · Note