Vulnerability Details CVE-2006-2056
Argument injection vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is implementation-specific or a problem in the Microsoft API.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.21
EPSS Ranking 95.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432009/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1538
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26118
- http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432009/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1538
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26118
Products affected by CVE-2006-2056
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-