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CVE-2006-1359

80
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1359 describes a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7 Beta 2, allowing remote attackers to trigger a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code. This is achieved by manipulating a createTextRange call on a checkbox object, leading to an invalid table pointer dereference. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a medium attack complexity, but enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploit intelligence indicates readily available exploit code, including multiple Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries, though it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and shows no active community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7.0:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
68.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: MS06-013 Microsoft Internet Explorer createTextRange() Code Execution · Mar 19, 2006
ExploitDB: EDB-16578 · Sep 20, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6807 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1427.html
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1430.html
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1434.html
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1662.html
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-013
secunia.com / advisories/18680
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / secunia_research/2006-7/advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25379
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1178
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1657
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1678
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1702
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A985
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/q-154.shtml
computerterrorism.com / research/ct22-03-2006
Vendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/876678
US Government Resource
microsoft.com / technet/security/advisory/917077.mspx
osvdb.org / 24050
securityfocus.com / archive/1/428441
securityfocus.com / archive/1/428583/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/428600/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/429088/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/429124/30/6120/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17196
Exploit
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-101A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1050
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1318