CVE-2006-3438

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
53.9%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 2% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: August 9, 2006 (7218 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Hyperlink Object Library (hlink.dll), possibly a buffer overflow, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted hyperlinks that are not properly handled when hlink.dll "uses a file containing a malformed function," aka "Hyperlink Object Function Vulnerability."

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

microsoft hyperlink object library

References

🔗 securitytracker.com 🔗 www.kb.cert.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.us-cert.gov 🔗 docs.microsoft.com