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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-3637

Original release date:08/08/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 does not properly handle various HTML layout component combinations, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML file that leads to memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:5.1 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
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:Provides user account access, Allows partial 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
Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#340060
Name: VU#340060
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/340060
External Source: MS
Name: MS06-042
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-042.mspx
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-3212
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/3212
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21396
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21396
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 27853
Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/27853
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1016663
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:502
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:502
Type: Tool Signature
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:502

Vulnerable software and versions

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* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3637