National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-5578
Original release date:12/12/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and earlier allows remote attackers to read Temporary Internet Files (TIF) and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors involving certain drag and drop operations, aka "TIF Folder Information Disclosure Vulnerability," and a different issue than CVE-2006-5577.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#694344
Name: VU#694344
US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-346A
Name: TA06-346A
External Source: MS
Name: MS06-072
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 21494
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT061288
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 30815
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-4966
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1017374
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23288
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:337
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:337
Type: Tool Signature
