CVE-2006-7066 EXPLOIT
7.1
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 22.2% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside an iframe, deleting the frame by setting its location.href to about:blank, then accessing a property of the object within the deleted frame, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: it was later reported that 7.0.6000.16473 and earlier are also affected.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.1 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 22.24% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-03-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | internet explorer |
| microsoft | windows xp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Deleted Frame Object Denial of Service | 2006-07-29 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/554
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-30-orphan-object-properties.html
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3130/
- http://www.osvdb.org/27533
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19228
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28068
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html
- http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/554
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-30-orphan-object-properties.html
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3130/
- http://www.osvdb.org/27533
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19228
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28068
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