Description
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.
Published: 2006-04-26
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 21.0% Moderate
KEV: No
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Microsoft Internet Explorer Windows Xp
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:35:31.210Z

Reserved: 2006-04-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2056

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Status : Modified

Published: 2006-04-26T20:06:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-2056

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