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CVE-2006-3898

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the Click method of the Internet.HHCtrl.1 ActiveX object before initializing the URL, which triggers a null dereference.

Published

2006-07-27T11:04:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	6.0	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	6.0	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	6.0	Yes

References

http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-22-internethhctrl-click.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/27231 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19109 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2952 Not Applicable ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27929 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-22-internethhctrl-click.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/27231 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19109 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2952 Not Applicable (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27929 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)