CVE-2006-3640 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 allows certain script to persist across navigations between pages, which allows remote attackers to obtain the window location of visited web pages in other domains or zones, aka "Window Location Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Published: 2006-08-09

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 37.5% Moderate

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:6:windows_server_2003_sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:::::::*

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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 None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.37459.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/21396
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663
http://www.osvdb.org/27850
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19339
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A171

History

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Microsoft Ie Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2006-08-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:39:54.020Z

Reserved: 2006-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3640

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-08-09T00:04:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-3640

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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