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CVE-2006-3450

38
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3450 describes a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) can be exploited with low attack complexity via crafted CSS elements accessed through the document.getElementByID JavaScript function, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected system. Despite its age and high FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low current threat landscape.

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:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
41.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4111 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
secunia.com / advisories/21396
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A433
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/119180
PatchUS Government Resource
osvdb.org / 27855
securityfocus.com / archive/1/442579/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/19312
Patch
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3212
Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-06-027.html