CVE-2006-1303

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by instantiating certain COM objects from Wmm2fxa.dll as ActiveX controls including (1) DXImageTransform.Microsoft.MMSpecialEffect1Input, (2) DXImageTransform.Microsoft.MMSpecialEffect1Input.1, (3) DXImageTransform.Microsoft.MMSpecialEffect2Inputs, (4) DXImageTransform.Microsoft.MMSpecialEffect2Inputs.1, (5) DXImageTransform.Microsoft.MMSpecialEffectInplace1Input, and (6) DXImageTransform.Microsoft.MMSpecialEffectInplace1Input.1, which causes memory corruption during garbage collection.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-03-20 CVE Reserved
2006-06-13 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CAPEC

References (16)

URL	Tag	Source
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291	Vdb Entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049	Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/26442	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437041/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-018.html	X_refsource_misc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26774	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1135	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1767	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1830	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1928	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1973	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2017	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18328	2021-07-23

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/20595	2021-07-23
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2319	2021-07-23
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021	2021-07-23

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Ie Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Ie"				5.0.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Ie" and version "5.0.1"		windows_2000		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Ie Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Ie"				5.0.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Ie" and version "5.0.1"		windows_95		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Ie Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Ie"				5.0.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Ie" and version "5.0.1"		windows_98		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Ie Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Ie"				5.0.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Ie" and version "5.0.1"		windows_nt_4.0		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Ie Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Ie"				6.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Ie" and version "6.0"		sp1		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				5.0.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "5.0.1"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				5.0.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "5.0.1"		sp1		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				5.0.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "5.0.1"		sp2		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				5.0.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "5.0.1"		sp3		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				5.0.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "5.0.1"		sp4		Affected
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"		-		Affected