CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-3281
5.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-06-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 does not properly handle Drag and Drop events, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a link to an SMB file share with a filename that contains encoded ..\ (%2e%2e%5c) sequences and whose extension contains the CLSID Key identifier for HTML Applications (HTA), aka "Folder GUID Code Execution Vulnerability." NOTE: directory traversal sequences were used in the original exploit, although their role is not clear.
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 6.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-June/047398.html lists.grok.org.uk
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20060627/3d930eda/PLEBO-2006.06.16-IE_ONE_MINOR_ONE_MAJOR.obj Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20825 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016388 securitytracker.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/655100 US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19389 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2553 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-045 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27456 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A318 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-June/047398.html lists.grok.org.uk
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20060627/3d930eda/PLEBO-2006.06.16-IE_ONE_MINOR_ONE_MAJOR.obj Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20825 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016388 securitytracker.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/655100 US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19389 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2553 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-045 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27456 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A318 oval.cisecurity.org