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CVE-2006-2111

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 40.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-05-01 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

A component in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 allows remote attackers to bypass domain restrictions and obtain sensitive information via redirections with the mhtml: URI handler, as originally reported for Internet Explorer 6 and 7, aka "URL Redirect Cross Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Outlook Express: 6.0

References

• http://secunia.com/Internet_Explorer_Arbitrary_Content_Disclosure_Vulnerability_Test/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19738
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22477
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016005
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/783761
• http://www.osvdb.org/25073
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449883/100/200/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449917/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471947/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17717
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-163A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1558

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