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    CVE-2006-2218

    Unspecified vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6.0 on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "exceptional conditions" that trigger memory corruption, as demonstrated using an exception handler and nested object tags, a variant of CVE-2006-1992.

    Published:May 5, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:May 5, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.53505
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Internet Explorer
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Xp

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/19762
    http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-41/advisory
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338828
    http://www.osvdb.org/27475
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437099/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17820
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2319
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1078
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1728
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1765
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1768
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1845
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1961
    http://secunia.com/advisories/19762
    http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-41/advisory
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016291
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338828
    http://www.osvdb.org/27475
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437099/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17820
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2319
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-021
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1078
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1728
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1765
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1768
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1845
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1961

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High