CVE-2006-3281
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 does not properly handle Drag and Drop events, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 48.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 does not properly handle Drag and Drop events, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a link to an SMB file share with a filename that contains encoded ..\ (%2e%2e%5c) sequences and whose extension contains the CLSID Key identifier for HTML Applications (HTA), aka "Folder GUID Code Execution Vulnerability." NOTE: directory traversal sequences were used in the original exploit, although their role is not clear.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Windows XP/2000/2003 - Explorer Drag and Drop Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28357remote, windowspublished 27 Jul 2006Verified
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Timeline
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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 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 48.2% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- 20060627 IE_ONE_MINOR_ONE_MAJOR (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20825 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#655100 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 19389 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1016388 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20060627/3d930eda/PLEBO-2006.06.16-IE_ONE_MINOR_ONE_MAJOR.obj (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- TA06-220A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:318 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MS06-045 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- ie-hta-fileshare-command-execution(27456) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2553 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2006-3278 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-3281)Record last updated .