CVE-2006-2056
medium · 5Argument 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.
5
CVSS
12.9%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2006-04-26
Published
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-88
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 6.0 |
| microsoft | windows_xp | all versions |
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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
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