CVE-2006-1016
Microsoft Internet Explorer - isComponentInstalled Overflow
Severity Score
7.5
*CVSS v2
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
2
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
Buffer overflow in the IsComponentInstalled method in Internet Explorer 6.0, when used on Windows 2000 before SP4 or Windows XP before SP1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via JavaScript that calls IsComponentInstalled with a long first argument.
*Credits:
N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2006-03-06 CVE Reserved
- 2006-03-07 CVE Published
- 2010-05-09 First Exploit
- 2024-06-26 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
CAPEC
References (5)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://metasploit.com/projects/Framework/exploits.html#ie_iscomponentinstalled | X_refsource_misc | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16870 | Vdb Entry | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24923 | Vdb Entry |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16549 | 2010-05-09 | |
| http://www.metasploit.com/projects/Framework/modules/exploits/ie_iscomponentinstalled.pm | 2024-08-07 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" | 6.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "6.0" | - |
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