CVE-2006-2056

Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 - Command Injection

Title source: llm

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is implementation-specific or a problem in the Microsoft API.

Scores

EPSS 0.2102
EPSS Percentile 95.6%

Classification

CWE
CWE-88
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

microsoft/internet_explorer

Timeline

Published Apr 26, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026