CVE-2006-3659

medium

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by setting the location or URL property of a MHTMLFile ActiveX object.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27761

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2831

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19013

http://www.osvdb.org/27108

http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-16-mhtmlfile-location.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-07-18

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H