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CVE-2006-2056Not scoredCWE-88

CVE-2006-2056: Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerability

Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Affected: Microsoft Internet Explorer · Exploitation: likely to be exploited (10% or more)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

12.9%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
96th percentile
050100

Higher than 96% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

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Exploitation
Likely to be exploited (10% or more). EPSS gives it a 10% or higher chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
Microsoft
Published
April 2006

CoverageNo articles yet

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