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CVE-2006-5581
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain DHTML script…
High9.3EPSS 36.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain DHTML script functions, such as normalize, and "incorrectly created elements" that trigger memory corruption, aka "DHTML Script Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 36.3% · top 1.5% 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: High 9.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- 20061212 ZDI-06-048: Microsoft Internet Explorer normalize() Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:116 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4966 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23288 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA06-346A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- VU#347448 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- SSRT061288 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-121212-1201-99 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MS06-072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 30814 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-048.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1017373 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 21546 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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