CVE-2006-5152

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Published Oct 3, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 10.9% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a UTF-7 encoded URL that is returned in a large HTTP 404 error message without an explicit charset, a related issue to CVE-2006-0032.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2900:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 10.9% (10.892% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0017.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0030.html
http://www.osvdb.org/31328
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447509/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447516/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447574/100/0/threaded

History

Jul 14, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.22807}`	epss `{'score': 0.26462}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 7:41 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 3, 2006, 11:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 7:41 PM
Reserved: Oct 3, 2006, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:30 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 5, 2006, 4:04 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:30 PM

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