PT-2006-6291 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Sam Thomas · Published 2006-12-12 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2006-5581

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain DHTML script functions, such as normalize, and "incorrectly created elements" that trigger memory corruption. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way Internet Explorer interprets certain DHTML script function calls to incorrectly created elements. An attacker could exploit the issue by constructing a specially crafted Web page that could potentially allow remote code execution if a user viewed the Web page. An attacker who successfully exploited this issue could take complete control of an affected system.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5581

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 19

• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4966 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23288 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5581 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-072 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5581 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-072 · Note
• http://symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-121212-1201-99 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A116 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/454210/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347448 · Note
• http://frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/4966 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html · Note
• http://osvdb.org/30814 · Note