THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-3471
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2006-3471

Ie vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
20.8%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a table with a frameset as a child, which triggers a null dereference, as demonstrated using the appendChild method.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Ie
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2006-07-10

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 availability.

Its EPSS score of 20.8% 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-2006-3471

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Ie is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-3471.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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