Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 Drag / Drop Temporary Internet Files information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Drag / Drop Temporary Internet Files Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-5577. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Drag / Drop Temporary Internet Files Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified uses of the OBJECT HTML tag, which discloses the absolute path of the corresponding TIF folder, aka "TIF Folder Information Disclosure Vulnerability," and a different issue than CVE-2006-5578.

The weakness was published 12/12/2006 by Yorick Koster as MS06-072 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-5577 since 10/27/2006. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23833 (MS06-072: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (925454)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90371 (Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS06-072)).

Applying the patch MS06-072 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (23833), SecurityFocus (BID 21507†), OSVDB (30815†), Secunia (SA23288†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017374†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2733, VDB-2736, VDB-2734 and VDB-33791. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 23833
Nessus Name: MS06-072: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (925454)
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Patch: MS06-072

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS06-072
Researcher: Yorick Koster
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-5577 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5577
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2735

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SecurityFocus: 21507 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Object Tag TIF Folder Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 23288 - Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 30815
SecurityTracker: 1017374 - Microsoft Internet Explorer May Disclose Contents of the Temporary Internet Files Folder to Remote Users
Vupen: ADV-2006-4966

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2006 14:15
Updated: 06/15/2025 19:30
Changes: 12/14/2006 14:15 (72), 04/07/2017 12:01 (4), 03/13/2021 16:52 (8), 03/13/2021 16:56 (1), 06/15/2025 19:30 (16)
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