CVE-2006-3605 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6. An attacker can crash the browser by manipulating the Transition property of an uninitialized DXImageTransform.Microsoft.RevealTrans.1 ActiveX Object, leading to a null dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity. It is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a denial of service. While not actively exploited in the wild (not in KEV), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB. Despite its age, it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 93/100, though it garners minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| 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.