CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-0057

7.5 HIGH Published 2006-01-27 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2006-01-27
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to bypass the Kill bit settings for dangerous ActiveX controls via unknown vectors involving crafted HTML, which can expose the browser to attacks that would otherwise be prevented by the Kill bit setting. NOTE: CERT/CC claims that MS05-054 fixes this issue, but it is not described in MS05-054.

Affected configurations

• microsoft ie 6 • microsoft internet explorer 5.01 • microsoft internet explorer 5.5 • microsoft internet explorer 6

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/998297 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-054.mspx Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/23657 www.osvdb.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16409 www.securityfocus.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24379 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/998297 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-054.mspx Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/23657 www.osvdb.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16409 www.securityfocus.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24379 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com