CVE-2006-4193 describes a denial of service and potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and possibly other versions. This flaw arises when remote attackers instantiate specific COM objects, such as imskdic.dll, chtskdic.dll, or msoe.dll, as ActiveX controls, leading to memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code for denial of service is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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