CVE-2006-7066

Public Exploit

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside an iframe, deleting the frame by setting its location.href to about:blank, then accessing a property of the object within the deleted frame, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: it was later reported that 7.0.6000.16473 and earlier are also affected.

7.1

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 35.64% Top 5%

Third-Party Advisory com.ua Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com Third-Party Advisory ibmcloud.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html	mailing list broken link
http://websecurity.com.ua/3130/	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19228	exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-30-orphan-object-properties.html	broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28068	vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/27533	vdb entry broken link
http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/554	permissions required

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-7066?: CVE-2006-7066 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-7066?: To fix CVE-2006-7066, 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-2006-7066 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-7066 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~36% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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