CVE-2006-3357
HIGHEPSS 98th pctlDescription
Heap-based buffer overflow in HTML Help ActiveX control (hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by repeatedly setting the Image field of an Internet.HHCtrl.1 object to certain values, possibly related to improper escaping and long strings.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-2-internethhctrl-image-property.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20906
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016434
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159220
- http://www.osvdb.org/26835
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442733/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18769
- http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-08.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2634
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2635
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-046
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27573
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13
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