CVE-2006-3659

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-07-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by setting the location or URL property of a MHTMLFile ActiveX object.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6-windows_server_2003_sp1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6-sp1

References

http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-16-mhtmlfile-location.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19013
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2831
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27761
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-16-mhtmlfile-location.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19013
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2831
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27761

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