Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 HTML OBJECT information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component HTML Handler. The manipulation of the argument OBJECT results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2006-5577. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 (Web Browser). Affected is some unknown processing of the component HTML Handler. The manipulation of the argument OBJECT with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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 released 12/12/2006 by Yorick Koster as MS06-072 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-5577 since 10/27/2006. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $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 X-Force (30604), Tenable (23833), SecurityFocus (BID 21507†), OSVDB (30816†) and Secunia (SA23288†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-2733, VDB-2734, VDB-2735 and VDB-33791. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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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-100-2736

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X-Force: 30604
SecurityFocus: 21507 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Object Tag TIF Folder Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 23288 - Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 30816
SecurityTracker: 1017374 - Microsoft Internet Explorer May Disclose Contents of the Temporary Internet Files Folder to Remote Users
Vulnerability Center: 13304 - [MS06-072] Microsoft Internet Explorer TIF Folder Information Disclosure via OBJECT HTML Tags, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-4966

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2006 14:15
Updated: 06/15/2025 20:23
Changes: 12/14/2006 14:15 (59), 04/07/2017 12:01 (20), 03/13/2021 17:00 (8), 03/13/2021 17:05 (1), 03/15/2021 06:25 (2), 06/15/2025 20:23 (16)
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