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CVE-2006-3450
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the document.getElementByID Javascript function…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 41.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the document.getElementByID Javascript function to access crafted Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) elements, and possibly other unspecified vectors involving certain layout positioning combinations in an HTML file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 32 days later
· 32 days 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 41.1% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References11
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:433 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1016663 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MS06-042 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 27855 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- VU#119180 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 21396 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3212 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20060808 ZDI-06-027: Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS Class Ordering Memory Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19312 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-027.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- TA06-220A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_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-2006-3446 (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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