CVE-2006-3438
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Hyperlink Object Library (hlink.dll), possibly a buffer overflow, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted hyperlinks that are not properly handled when hlink.dll "uses a file containing…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.8%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Hyperlink Object Library (hlink.dll), possibly a buffer overflow, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted hyperlinks that are not properly handled when hlink.dll "uses a file containing a malformed function," aka "Hyperlink Object Function Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 11.82% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/hyperlink object library
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016659
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/683612Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19405
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.htmlPatch, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-050
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A115
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016659
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/683612Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19405
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.htmlPatch, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-050
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A115
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.