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CVE-2006-3281 (GCVE-0-2006-3281)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-06-28 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 18:23
VLAI
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 does not properly handle Drag and Drop events, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a link to an SMB file share with a filename that contains encoded ..\ (%2e%2e%5c) sequences and whose extension contains the CLSID Key identifier for HTML Applications (HTA), aka "Folder GUID Code Execution Vulnerability." NOTE: directory traversal sequences were used in the original exploit, although their role is not clear.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1016388 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosur… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2553 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2006-06-27 00:00
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