THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-0057
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-0057

Ie vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
19.6%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Ie
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2006-01-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 19.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-0057

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Ie is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-0057.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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