CVE-2006-3898

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the Click method of the Internet.HHCtrl.1 ActiveX object before initializing the URL, which triggers a null dereference.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-22-internethhctrl-click.html	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19109	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.osvdb.org/27231	Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2952	Not Applicable
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27929	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:sp2::::::

Information

Published : 2006-07-27 04:04

Updated : 2021-12-13 10:44

NVD link : CVE-2006-3898

Mitre link : CVE-2006-3898

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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Products Affected

microsoft

internet_explorer

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