CVE-2006-3643

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 21.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-08-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 permits access to local "HTML-embedded resource files" in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) library, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands, aka "MMC Redirect Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability."

Affected products

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

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21401
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016655
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927548
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19417
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3213
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-044
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28005
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A638
http://secunia.com/advisories/21401
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016655
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927548

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