CVE-2006-2094

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 23.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-04-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer before Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, when Prompt is configured in Security Settings, uses modal dialogs to verify that a user wishes to run an ActiveX control or perform other risky actions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to construct a race condition that tricks a user into clicking an object or pressing keys that are actually applied to a "Yes" approval for executing the control.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 5, 5.0, 5.0.1, 6.0-sp1, 6.0-sp2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.1-sp1, 5.0.1-sp2, 5.0.1-sp3, 5.0.1-sp4 (+7)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/0264.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0759.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2006-q2/0019.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/045589.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015720
http://student.missouristate.edu/m/matthew007/advisories.asp?adv=2006-02
http://www.osvdb.org/22351
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17713
http://www.squarefree.com/2004/07/01/race-conditions-in-security-dialogs/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1559
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26111
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/0264.html

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