CVE-2006-7066 in the critical feed json
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside a…
published 2007-02-27 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-7048
- cvss
- 7.1
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 22.2%
- EPSS 22.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside an iframe, deleting the frame by setting its location.href to about:blank, then accessing a property of the object within the deleted frame, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: it was later reported that 7.0.6000.16473 and earlier are also affected.
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-28301)
- Published
Exploit prediction
22.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-28301 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Deleted Frame Object Denial of Service dos, 2006-07-29
- securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19228 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
References
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securityfocus.com
/bid/19228
vdb-entry, exploit, third-party-advisory
-
archives.neohapsis.com
/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html
mailing-list, broken-link
-
websecurity.com.ua
/3130/
third-party-advisory
-
browserfun.blogspot.com
/2006/07/mobb-30-orphan-object-properties.html
broken-link
-
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/28068
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
-
osvdb.org
/27533
vdb-entry, broken-link
-
blogs.securiteam.com
/index.php/archives/554
permissions-required
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2006-7066
- NVD CVE-2006-7066
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