CVE-2006-2383
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "unexpected data" related to "parameter validation" in the DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Light ActiveX control,…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 40.3%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "unexpected data" related to "parameter validation" in the DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Light ActiveX control, which causes Internet Explorer to crash in a way that enables the code execution.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 40.30% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 13 June 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 40.3% 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/20595Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291Patch
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/417585US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/26444
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18303Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2319
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26768
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1821
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1891
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1924
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1944
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1949
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2009
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20595Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291Patch
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/417585US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/26444
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18303Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2319
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26768
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1821
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1891
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1924
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1944
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1949
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2009
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.