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
Definition Synopsis:
Server 2003-Gold Windows Server 2003 (Gold) is installed AND Internet Explorer 6 is installed AND the version of mshtml.dll is less than 6.0.3790.605 OR XP,SP1 (64-bit) and Server 2003, SP1 Windows XP (64-bit,SP1) or Server 2003 (SP1) is installed Windows XP, SP1 (64-bit) is installed AND Windows Server 2003, SP1 is installed AND Internet Explorer 6 is installed AND the version of mshtml.dll is less than 6.0.3790.2817 OR IE 6 on Windows XP,SP2 Windows XP, SP2 is installed AND Internet Explorer 6 is installed AND the version of mshtml.dll is less than 6.0.2900.3020 OR IE 6 on Windows 2000 Windows 2000 SP4 is installed AND Internet Explorer 6 is installed AND Internet Explorer 6 (any patch level) is installed AND Internet Explorer 6 is installed AND the version of mshtml.dll is less than 6.0.2800.1586

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Microsoft Ie cpe:/a:microsoft:ie:6	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)

Source	Url
BID	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21552
BUGTRAQ	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/454205/100/0/threaded
CERT	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html
CERT-VN	http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599832
HP	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded
MISC	http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-58/advisory/
MS	http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-072.mspx
OSVDB	http://www.osvdb.org/30813
SECTRACK	http://securitytracker.com/id?1017373
SECUNIA	http://secunia.com/advisories/20807
VUPEN	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4966

Alert History

Date	Informations
2014-02-17 10:37:42	Multiple Updates
2013-05-11 11:12:58	Multiple Updates