CVE-2006-1185

Microsoft Internet Explorer <6 - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-1185.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2006-1185, which targets a vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The exploit uses malformed HTML tags to trigger a memory corruption issue, leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain invalid HTML that causes memory corruption.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
htmldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1838

This is a proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2006-1185, which targets a vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The exploit uses malformed HTML tags to trigger a memory corruption issue, leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Internet Explorer
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open the malicious HTML file in a vulnerable version of Internet Explorer
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18957
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015900
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1677
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A787
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-101A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1711
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17450
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25542
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/503124
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1318

Scores

EPSS 0.6399
EPSS Percentile 98.5%

Details

Status published
Products (4)
canon/network_camera_server_vb101
microsoft/ie 5.01 windows_2000_sp4
microsoft/ie 6 (6 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer 6 sp1
Published Apr 11, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026