THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-3281
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2006-3281

Internet Explorer vulnerability

CVSS
5.1
EPSS
48.2%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 does not properly handle Drag and Drop events, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a link to an SMB file share with a filename that contains encoded ..\ (%2e%2e%5c) sequences and whose extension contains the CLSID Key identifier for HTML Applications (HTA), aka "Folder GUID Code Execution Vulnerability." NOTE: directory traversal sequences were used in the original exploit, although their role is not clear.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Internet Explorer
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2006-06-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high 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 48.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-3281

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Internet Explorer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-3281.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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