CVE-2005-3312

Public Exploit

Description

The HTML rendering engine in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via HTML in corrupted images and other files such as .GIF, JPG, and WAV, which is rendered as HTML when the user clicks on the link, even though the web server response and file extension indicate that it should be treated as a different file type.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 27.24% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory scip.ch Vendor Advisory securiteam.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.scip.ch/cgi-bin/smss/showadvf.pl?id=1746	vendor advisory exploit
http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/6F00B00EBY.html	vendor advisory
http://www.computec.ch/download.php?view.683	exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/18	third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113017003617987&w=2	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3312?: CVE-2005-3312 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3312?: To fix CVE-2005-3312, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-3312 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-3312 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~27% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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