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CVE-2006-2056
Argument injection vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line…
Medium5.0EPSS 12.9%
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- mitre
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is implementation-specific or a problem in the Microsoft API.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.9% · top 3.7% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (4)
- ADV-2006-1538 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060424 Multiple browsers Windows mailto protocol Office 2003 file attachment exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- office-mailto-obtain-information(26118) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
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