7.5
HIGH
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. 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 windows_2000
2 Microsoft windows_2003_server
3 Microsoft windows_xp
4 Microsoft ie
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 4
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-2006-3873.

URL Resource
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20060912.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1555
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016839
http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/007870.html Patch URL Repurposed
http://www.osvdb.org/30834
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445835/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19987
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28893
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20060912.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1555
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016839
http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/007870.html Patch URL Repurposed
http://www.osvdb.org/30834
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445835/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19987
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28893

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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.

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

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20060912.html
    Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1555
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1016839
    Added Reference http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/007870.html
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/30834
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445835/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19987
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28893
  • 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
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-2006-3873 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.

15.20 }} -1.32%

score

0.95832

percentile

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