PT-2006-6289 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Yorick Koster · Published 2006-12-12 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2006-5578

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 and earlier

Description: An information disclosure issue exists in the way drag and drop operations are handled. This could allow an attacker to construct a specially crafted Web page to disclose information if a user views and interacts with it. The attacker could retrieve files from the Temporary Internet Files (TIF) folder on a user's system.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 and earlier, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to certain drag and drop operations in the browser until a fix is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5578

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 15

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5578 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-072 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5578 · Security Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A337 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-072 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html · Note
• http://osvdb.org/30815 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/21494 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/694344 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4966 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23288 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017374 · Note
• http://frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/4966 · Note