THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-4560
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-4560

Ie vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
18.3%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the browser's session with an arbitrary intranet web server, by hosting script on an Internet web server that can be made inaccessible by the attacker and that has a domain name under the attacker's control, which can force the browser to drop DNS pinning and perform a new DNS query for the domain name after the script is already running.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Ie
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2006-09-06

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 18.3% 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-2006-4560

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Ie is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-4560.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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