CVE-2006-4193
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 47.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code by instantiating COM objects as ActiveX controls, including (1) imskdic.dll (Microsoft IME), (2) chtskdic.dll (Microsoft IME), and (3) msoe.dll (Outlook), which leads to memory corruption. NOTE: it is not certain whether the issue is in Internet Explorer or the individual DLL files.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - 'IMSKDIC.dll' Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28387dos, windowspublished 15 Aug 2006Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - 'MSOE.dll' Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28389dos, windowspublished 15 Aug 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 mitre
- 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 47.5% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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
References16
- ie-msoe-dos(28439) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 29347 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 29345 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20060815 [XSec-06-03]: Internet Explorer (CHTSKDIC.DLL) COM Object Instantiation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1402 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 19530 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060815 [XSec-06-02]: Internet Explorer (IMSKDIC.DLL) COM Object Instantiation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19521 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ie-imskdic-dos(28436) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19529 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 29346 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20060815 [XSec-06-04]: Internet Explorer (msoe.dll) COM Object Instantiation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ie-chtskdic-dos(28438) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2006-4183 (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-2006-4193)Record last updated .