CVE-2006-7066

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Published Feb 27, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 7.1 High EPSS 22.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside an iframe, deleting the frame by setting its location.href to about:blank, then accessing a property of the object within the deleted frame, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: it was later reported that 7.0.6000.16473 and earlier are also affected.

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

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:sp2::::::

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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 None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 22.2% (22.238% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html
http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/554
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-30-orphan-object-properties.html
http://websecurity.com.ua/3130/
http://www.osvdb.org/27533
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19228
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28068

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer Windows Xp

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:50 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 27, 2007, 6:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:50 PM
Reserved: Feb 27, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:34 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 2, 2007, 9:18 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:34 PM

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