CVE-2006-1359
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 68.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 6Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a certain createTextRange call on a checkbox object, which results in a dereference of an invalid table pointer.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 5 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits6
Metasploit modules1 module
- MS06-013 Microsoft Internet Explorer createTextRange() Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/ms06_013_createtextrangeRank normaldisclosed 19 Mar 2006
Exploit-DB5 entries
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'createTextRange()' Code Execution (MS06-013) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16578remote, windowspublished 20 Sept 2010Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - HTML Tag Memory Corruption (MS06-013) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1838dos, windowspublished 27 May 2006Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'createTextRang' Remote (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1620remote, windowspublished 1 Apr 2006Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'createTextRang' Download Shellcode (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1628remote, windowspublished 31 Mar 2006Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'createTextRang' Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1606remote, windowspublished 23 Mar 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 68.3% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References28
- http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ct22-03-2006 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060328 EEYE: Temporary workaround for IE createTextRange vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1678 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20060328 Determina Fix for CVE-2006-1359 (Zero Day MS Internet Explorer Remote "CreateTextRange()" Code Execution) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1050 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:985 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- VU#876678 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 24050 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1178 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20060322 IE crash (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- TA06-101A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1702 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 18680 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-7/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1657 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ie-createtextrange-command-execution(25379) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060327 Determina Fix for the IE createTextRange() bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 1015812 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MS06-013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20060322 IE crash (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060322 Microsoft Internet Explorer (mshtml.dll) - Remote Code Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20060322 FW: [Full-disclosure] IE crash (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20060323 Secunia Research: Microsoft Internet Explorer "createTextRange()"Code Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/917077.mspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 17196 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- Q-154 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1318 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20060322 Microsoft Internet Explorer (mshtml.dll) - Remote Code Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-1363 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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