7.5
HIGH
CVE-2006-3357
Microsoft Internet Explorer Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vuln
Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in HTML Help ActiveX control (hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by repeatedly setting the Image field of an Internet.HHCtrl.1 object to certain values, possibly related to improper escaping and long strings.

INFO

Published Date :

July 6, 2006, 8:05 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:13 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-3357 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft internet_explorer
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2006-3357.

URL Resource
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-2-internethhctrl-image-property.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20906 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016434
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159220 US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/26835
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442733/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18769 Exploit
http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-08.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2634
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2635
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-046
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27573
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-2-internethhctrl-image-property.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20906 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016434
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159220 US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/26835
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442733/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18769 Exploit
http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-08.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2634
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2635
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-046
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27573
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-3357 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-3357 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-2-internethhctrl-image-property.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20906
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1016434
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159220
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/26835
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442733/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18769
    Added Reference http://www.tippingpoint.com/security/advisories/TSRT-06-08.html
    Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2634
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2635
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-046
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27573
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/442733/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442733/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-046.mspx [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-046 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/27573 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27573 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 06, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-3357 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-3357 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

92.30 }} -4.28%

score

0.99208

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability