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Critical
CVE-2006-2218
Unspecified vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6.0 on Microsoft Windows XP...
Vulnerability Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6.0 on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "exceptional conditions" that trigger memory corruption, as demonstrated using an exception handler and nested object tags, a variant of CVE-2006-1992.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1768
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1961
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-41/advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2319
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437099/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17820
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1078
- http://www.osvdb.org/27475
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1845
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338828
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1728
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1765
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19762
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Vulnerable Versions:
6.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 5th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.