CVE-2006-3280 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 55.9% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to access restricted information from other domains via an object tag with a data parameter that references a link on the attacker's originating site that specifies a Location HTTP header that references the target site, which then makes that content available through the outerHTML attribute of the object, aka "Redirect Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 55.92% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-06-28 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | internet explorer |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - OuterHTML redirection Handling Information Disclosure | 2006-06-27 |
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-June/047398.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20060627/3d930eda/PLEBO-2006.06.16-IE_ONE_MINOR_ONE_MAJOR.obj
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20825
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21396
- http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_information_disclosure_vulnerability_test
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016388
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/883108
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438785/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438788/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438811/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438863/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438864/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439146/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18682
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2553
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27452
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A738
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