{"id":"CVE-2006-0057","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-0057","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:34:00.857Z","title":"Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to bypass the Kill bit settings for dangerous ActiveX controls via unknown vectors involving crafted HTML, which can expose the browser to attacks that would otherwise be prevented by…","description":"Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to bypass the Kill bit settings for dangerous ActiveX controls via unknown vectors involving crafted HTML, which can expose the browser to attacks that would otherwise be prevented by the Kill bit setting. NOTE: CERT/CC claims that MS05-054 fixes this issue, but it is not described in MS05-054.","published":"2006-01-27T22:03:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:19:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["microsoft/ie","microsoft/internet explorer"],"epss":{"score":0.19635,"percentile":0.97368,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.6%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/998297","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-054.mspx","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/23657","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16409","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24379","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/998297","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-054.mspx","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/23657","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16409","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24379","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0057","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}