National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-3438
Original release date:08/09/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-220A
Name: TA06-220A
Type: Patch Information
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#683612
Name: VU#683612
Type: Patch Information
External Source: MS
Name: MS06-050
Type: Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 19405
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1016659
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:115
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:115
Type: Tool Signature
