CVE-2006-3640

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 24.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-08-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 allows certain script to persist across navigations between pages, which allows remote attackers to obtain the window location of visited web pages in other domains or zones, aka "Window Location Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6-windows_server_2003_sp1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.01

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21396
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663
http://www.osvdb.org/27850
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19339
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A171
http://secunia.com/advisories/21396
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663
http://www.osvdb.org/27850
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19339
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212

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