CVE-2006-5162
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - 'Content-Type' Stack Overflow Crash
Severity Score
7.5
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
3
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
wininet.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unhandled exception and crash) via a long Content-Type header, which triggers a stack overflow.
wininet.dll en Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 y anteriores permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (excepción no manejada y caída) mediante una cabecera Content-Type larga, lo cual dispara un desbordamiento de pila.
*Credits:
N/A
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Privileges Required
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Attack Vector
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2006-10-03 CVE Reserved
- 2006-10-03 CVE Published
- 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-07 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
CAPEC
References (7)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0379.html | Broken Link | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/29129 | Broken Link | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2917 | Not Applicable | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27900 | Broken Link |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2039 | 2024-08-07 | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1683 | 2024-08-07 | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19092 | 2024-08-07 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" | 5.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "5.0" | - |
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| 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" | - |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" | 5.5 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "5.5" | - |
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| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" | 5.5 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "5.5" | sp1 |
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| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" | 5.5 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "5.5" | sp2 |
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| 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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| 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" | sp1 |
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| 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" | sp2 |
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