CVE-2006-3227
Interpretation conflict between Internet Explorer and other web browsers such as Mozilla, Opera, and Firefox might allow remote attackers to modify the visual presentation of web pages and possibly bypass protection mechanisms such as content filters…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.5%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Interpretation conflict between Internet Explorer and other web browsers such as Mozilla, Opera, and Firefox might allow remote attackers to modify the visual presentation of web pages and possibly bypass protection mechanisms such as content filters via ASCII characters with the 8th bit set, which could be stripped by Internet Explorer to render legible text, but not when using other browsers. NOTE: there has been significant discussion about this issue, and as of 20060625, it is not clear where the responsibility for this issue lies, although it might be due to vagueness within the associated standards. NOTE: this might only be exploitable with certain encodings.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 13.53% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20060621/malformed-ascii-bypasses-filters/
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20060621/us-ascii-xss-part-2
- http://www.osvdb.org/28376
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437948/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438049/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438051/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438066/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438154/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438163/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438358/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438359/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27288
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20060621/malformed-ascii-bypasses-filters/
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20060621/us-ascii-xss-part-2
- http://www.osvdb.org/28376
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437948/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438049/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438051/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438066/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438154/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438163/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438358/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438359/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27288
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.