CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2006-3451
HIGHEPSS 98th pctl7.5
CVSS v2
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 SP4 and 6 do not properly garbage collect when "multiple imports are used on a styleSheets collection" to construct a chain of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
39.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days
98thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21396
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1343
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/262004
- http://www.osvdb.org/27854
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442578/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19316
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-026.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5
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