CVE-2006-2766
LOWEPSS 99th pctlDescription
Buffer overflow in INETCOMM.DLL, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 through 6.0 SP2, Windows Explorer, Outlook Express 6, and possibly other programs, allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long mhtml URI in the URL value in a URL file.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20384
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016654
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/891204
- http://www.osvdb.org/25949
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435492/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435609/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435616/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18198
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2088
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-043
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26810
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A441
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