Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 5.01 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 5.01. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes code injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2006-2385. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 5.01 (Web Browser). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page that triggers memory corruption when it is saved as a multipart HTML (.mht) file.

The weakness was published 06/13/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-2385. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/22/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21685 (MS06-021: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (916281)), 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 100035 (Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer Missing (MS06-021)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26782), Tenable (21685), SecurityFocus (BID 18320†), OSVDB (26446†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-11914†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2126, VDB-2289, VDB-2290 and VDB-2291. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 21685
Nessus Name: MS06-021: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (916281)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-2385 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2385
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30805

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X-Force: 26782
SecurityFocus: 18320
OSVDB: 26446 - Microsoft IE Multipart HTML File Save Memory Corruption
Vulnerability Center: 11914 - [MS06-021] Internet Explorer Code Execution via Multipart HTML (.mht) File, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 06/22/2025 05:13
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (44), 05/07/2019 12:40 (22), 07/12/2021 14:10 (3), 07/12/2021 14:13 (1), 06/22/2025 05:13 (18)
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