CVE-2006-5152 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a UTF-7 encoded URL that is returned in a large HTTP 404 error message without an explicit charset, a related issue to CVE-2006-0032.

Published: 2006-10-03

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 27.2% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2900:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.27162.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0017.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0030.html
http://www.osvdb.org/31328
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447509/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447516/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447574/100/0/threaded

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.22807}`	epss `{'score': 0.26462}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-10-03T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:41:05.745Z

Reserved: 2006-10-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5152

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-10-05T04:04:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-5152

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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