CVE-2006-3873
Microsoft Internet Explorer URLMON.DLL Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in URLMON.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 and XP SP1, with versions the MS06-042 patch before 20060912, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long URL in a GZIP-encoded website that was the target of an HTTP redirect, due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-3869.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 12, 2006, 11:07 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:14 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2006-3873
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2006-3873.
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).
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CVE-2006-3873 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2006-3873 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.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 17, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/445835/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445835/100/0/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/MS06-042.mspx [Patch] Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042 [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/28893 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28893 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 13, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-3873 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-2006-3873
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
16.52 }} 1.53%
score
0.96037
percentile