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CVE-2006-3640

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3640 describes a window location information disclosure vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.01 and 6. Malicious script can persist across page navigations, allowing remote attackers to determine the window location of visited web pages in other domains or zones. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
24.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2495 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
secunia.com / advisories/21396
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A171
osvdb.org / 27850
securityfocus.com / bid/19339
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3212