CVE-2006-3637
published 2006-08-08CVE-2006-3637: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 does not properly handle various HTML layout component combinations, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to…
PriorityP433medium5.1CVSS 2.0
AVNACHAuNCPIPAP
EXPLOIT
EPSS
43.76%
98.7th percentile
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 does not properly handle various HTML layout component combinations, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML file that leads to memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected
3 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | ie | — | — |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | <= 6.0 | — |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | — | — |
Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote
- →Exploit targets Internet Explorer frameset handling — monitor for HTML pages containing frameset elements with a single frame invoking resizeTo() with unusual arguments, which may indicate exploitation attempts. ↗
- →Exploitation requires user interaction (clicking anywhere on the page after visiting a malicious site) — social engineering lure pages targeting IE 5.x/6.x users should be flagged. ↗
- →The vulnerability can lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the victim user, not just denial of service — treat crashes in iexplore.exe following frameset rendering as potentially exploitable. ↗
- ·The CVE relationship between CVE-2006-3637 and CVE-2006-7029 is uncertain — the NVD notes these issues 'might be related', so detections built for one may or may not cover the other. ↗
- ·Affected scope spans Internet Explorer 5.0.1 through 6 SP2 and earlier — detections should account for both version lines. ↗
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GHSA
GHSA-543j-8vcx-936x: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a frameset with only one frame that cal
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-01·CVSS 5.1
CVE-2006-7029 [MEDIUM] GHSA-543j-8vcx-936x: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a frameset with only one frame that cal
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a frameset with only one frame that calls resizeTo with certain arguments. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2006-3637.
GHSA
GHSA-7q4c-q75j-7mvc: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-01
CVE-2006-3637 [MEDIUM] GHSA-7q4c-q75j-7mvc: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 does not properly handle various HTML layout component combinations, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML file that leads to memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
No detection rules found.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
http://secunia.com/advisories/21396http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/340060http://www.osvdb.org/27853http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.htmlhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A502http://secunia.com/advisories/21396http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/340060http://www.osvdb.org/27853http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.htmlhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A502
2006-08-08
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