CVE-2006-0057 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.25059.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:sp4::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1::::::

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Ie Subscribe Internet Explorer Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/998297
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-054.mspx
http://www.osvdb.org/23657
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16409
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24379

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2006-01-27T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:18:20.727Z

Reserved: 2006-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-0057

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-01-27T22:03:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2006-0057

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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