Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2006-5579 | First vendor Publication | 2006-12-12 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2011-10-03 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 9.3 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Security Protection
| Impacts | Provides administrator access : Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service. |
Detail
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using JavaScript to cause certain errors simultaneously, which results in the access of previously freed memory, aka "Script Error Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability." |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5579 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| id | Name |
|---|---|
| CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:761 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:761 | ||
| Title: | Script Error Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using JavaScript to cause certain errors simultaneously, which results in the access of previously freed memory, aka "Script Error Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability." | ||
| Family: | windows | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2006-5579 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 | Product(s): | Microsoft Internet Explorer |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| id | Description |
|---|---|
| 30813 | Microsoft IE Script Error Handling Memory Corruption |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2006-12-12 | Name : Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through the web client. File : smb_nt_ms06-072.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Internal Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 10:37:42 |
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| 2013-05-11 11:12:58 |
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(Critical)
