CVE-2006-3512 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 running on Windows XP, where a remote attacker can crash the browser by manipulating the Enabled property of a DXTFilter ActiveX object. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows for a low-complexity attack with no authentication required, leading to a denial of service. While not actively exploited in the wild or on any hot lists, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.