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High severity · published Jul 21, 2006
CVE-2006-3730
Integer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a 0x7fffffff…
8.8
CVSS
63.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Integer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a 0x7fffffff argument to the setSlice method on a WebViewFolderIcon ActiveX object, which leads to an invalid memory copy.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)63.6% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IE
IE · Microsoft
6.0 · source: NVD
IE
Internet Explorer · Microsoft
6.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
IE
IE
Microsoft
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3730
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3730
Exploit
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-18-webviewfoldericon-setslice.html
isc.sans.org
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1742
riosec.com
http://riosec.com/msie-setslice-vuln
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22159
securitytracker.com
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016941
US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/753044
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