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CVE-2006-5581
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain DHTML script…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 38.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain DHTML script functions, such as normalize, and "incorrectly created elements" that trigger memory corruption, aka "DHTML Script Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 38.2% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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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
References13
- 20061212 ZDI-06-048: Microsoft Internet Explorer normalize() Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:116 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 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
- TA06-346A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- VU#347448 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- SSRT061288 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-121212-1201-99 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MS06-072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 30814 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-048.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1017373 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 21546 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2006-5566 (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-2006-5581)Record last updated .