CVE-2006-1190
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 does not always return the correct IOleClientSite information when dynamically creating an embedded object, which could cause Internet Explorer to run the object in the wrong security context or zone, and allow…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 61.6%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 does not always return the correct IOleClientSite information when dynamically creating an embedded object, which could cause Internet Explorer to run the object in the wrong security context or zone, and allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 61.61% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 27 May 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 61.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18957
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015900
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959649US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17455
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1318
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-013
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25552
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1541
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1735
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1783
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A965
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18957
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015900
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959649US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17455
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1318
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-013
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25552
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1541
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1735
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1783
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A965
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.