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CVE-2006-3427

37
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3427 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, stemming from a null dereference triggered by declaring the sourceURL attribute on an uninitialized DirectAnimation.StructuredGraphicsControl ActiveX Object. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, leading to a partial availability impact (crash). While no active exploitation is reported, an ExploitDB entry exists (EDB-28169), and there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old flaw.

Impacted Technologies

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

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
24.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-28169 · Jul 6, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2427 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

browserfun.blogspot.com / 2006/07/mobb-6-structuredgraphicscontrol.html
Broken Link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/27565
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
osvdb.org / 26839
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/18855
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2687
Not Applicable