CVE-2006-3637

Microsoft Internet Explorer <6 - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-3637. PoCs published by Kil13r.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a memory-corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer (CVE-2006-3637), which can lead to denial-of-service or arbitrary code execution. The exploit requires user interaction (clicking on a malicious page).

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 does not properly handle various HTML layout component combinations, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML file that leads to memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Kil13r · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27971

The provided text describes a memory-corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer (CVE-2006-3637), which can lead to denial-of-service or arbitrary code execution. The exploit requires user interaction (clicking on a malicious page).

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Microsoft Internet Explorer (unspecified version)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: User interaction (clicking on a malicious page)
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/27853
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016663
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/21396
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212
Patch, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
Patch, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/340060
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A502

Scores

EPSS 0.4376
EPSS Percentile 98.6%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
microsoft/ie 6 windows_server_2003_sp1
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.01 sp4
Published Aug 08, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026