CVE-2006-3451 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 SP4 and 6 do not properly garbage collect when "multiple imports are used on a styleSheets collection" to construct a chain of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2006-08-08

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 64.2% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.0:sp4::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1::::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

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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 0.64171.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/21396
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1343
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/262004
http://www.osvdb.org/27854
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442578/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19316
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-026.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5

History

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Microsoft Ie

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2006-08-08T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:30:33.888Z

Reserved: 2006-07-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3451

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-08-08T23:04:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-3451

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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