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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2766

Original release date:06/02/2006

Last revised:03/08/2011

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Buffer overflow in INETCOMM.DLL, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 through 6.0 SP2, Windows Explorer, Outlook Express 6, and possibly other programs, allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long mhtml URI in the URL value in a URL file.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:2.6 (LOW) (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 4.9

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism

Access Complexity: High

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-220A

Name: TA06-220A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html

US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#891204

Name: VU#891204

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/891204

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-2088

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2088

External Source: BID

Name: 18198

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18198