SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-3643

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 permits access to local "HTML-embedded resource files" in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) library, which allows remote authenticated users to…

MEDIUM 6.0EPSS 20.5%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 permits access to local "HTML-embedded resource files" in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) library, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands, aka "MMC Redirect Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
6.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
20.49% probability · 97th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
microsoft/ie · microsoft/internet explorer
Source
secure@microsoft.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.