CVE-2006-0057 (GCVE-0-2006-0057)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-01-27 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:18
VLAI
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to bypass the Kill bit settings for dangerous ActiveX controls via unknown vectors involving crafted HTML, which can expose the browser to attacks that would otherwise be prevented by the Kill bit setting. NOTE: CERT/CC claims that MS05-054 fixes this issue, but it is not described in MS05-054.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
certcc CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 42/100 over 175 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/23657 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/998297 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulleti… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16409 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2006-01-26 00:00
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