THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-3637
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2006-3637

Ie vulnerability

CVSS
5.1
EPSS
43.8%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 does not properly handle various HTML layout component combinations, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML file that leads to memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Ie
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2006-08-08

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 43.8% 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-2006-3637

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Ie is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-3637.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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