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CVE-2006-5581

40
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5581 is an unspecified memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted DHTML script functions. This critical vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a high potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with medium attack complexity. While no public exploit intelligence or active exploitation is noted, its high EPSS and FAUCET Risk Score suggest significant theoretical risk. There is no evidence of community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

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

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
35.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3554 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A116
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/347448
US Government Resource
osvdb.org / 30814
securityfocus.com / archive/1/454210/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21546
symantec.com / security_response/writeup.jsp
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4966
Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-06-048.html