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CVE-2006-2056

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2056 describes an argument injection vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2. This flaw allows user-assisted remote attackers to manipulate command line arguments passed to an invoked mail client, such as Microsoft Outlook, by injecting double quotes into a mailto: scheme handler, potentially leading to arbitrary file attachments. The CVSS score is 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1290 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ingehenriksen.blogspot.com / 2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.html
Broken Link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26118
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/432009/100/0/threaded
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1538
Broken Link