CVE-2006-7031 EXPLOIT
6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 18.3% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a table element with a CSS attribute that sets the position, which triggers an "unhandled exception" in mshtml.dll.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.5 (MEDIUM, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 18.29% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-02-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (10)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | internet explorer |
| microsoft | windows 2000 |
| microsoft | windows 2003 server |
| microsoft | windows 95 |
| microsoft | windows 98 |
| microsoft | windows embedded compact |
| microsoft | windows me |
| microsoft | windows nt |
| microsoft | windows vista |
| microsoft | windows xp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900 SP2 - CSS Attribute Denial of Service | 2006-05-10 |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD