Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2006-5579 First vendor Publication 2006-12-12
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2021-07-23

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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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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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
100 % 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: 7
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Product(s): Microsoft Internet Explorer
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
30813 Microsoft IE Script Error Handling Memory Corruption

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary code. The issue is triggered when a user retrieves a malicious web page that contains specially crafted JavaScript that triggers certain errors simultaneously, which leads to memory corruption due to an error within the exception handling of script errors. It is possible that the flaw may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code resulting in a loss of integrity.

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

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21552
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/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/1/454969/100/200/threaded
MISC http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-58/advisory/
MS https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06...
OSVDB http://www.osvdb.org/30813
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SECTRACK http://securitytracker.com/id?1017373
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/20807
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4966

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