CVE-2006-1016

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
76.5%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 1% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: March 7, 2006 (7373 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the IsComponentInstalled method in Internet Explorer 6.0, when used on Windows 2000 before SP4 or Windows XP before SP1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via JavaScript that calls IsComponentInstalled with a long first argument.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 metasploit.com 🔗 www.metasploit.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com 🔗 metasploit.com