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CVE-2006-5578

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5578 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to read Temporary Internet Files (TIF) through unspecified drag-and-drop operations. With a CVSS score of 2.6, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high access complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality impact by revealing sensitive information. Despite its age and a high FAUCET Risk Score of 90/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

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

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
21.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2177 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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/ms06-072
secunia.com / advisories/23288
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A337
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/694344
US Government Resource
osvdb.org / 30815
securityfocus.com / archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21494
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4966