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CVE-2006-5578
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and earlier allows remote attackers to read Temporary Internet Files (TIF) and obtain sensitive information…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 22.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and earlier allows remote attackers to read Temporary Internet Files (TIF) and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors involving certain drag and drop operations, aka "TIF Folder Information Disclosure Vulnerability," and a different issue than CVE-2006-5577.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 46 days later
· 46 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 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 22.6% · top 2.3% 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: Low 2.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References10
- ADV-2006-4966 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23288 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#694344 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:337 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- TA06-346A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1017374 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 21494 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SSRT061288 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- MS06-072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 30815 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2006-5563 (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-2006-5578)Record last updated .