CVE-2006-2056
Argument injection vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.9%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is implementation-specific or a problem in the Microsoft API.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 12.90% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-88
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432009/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1538Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26118Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432009/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1538Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26118Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.