Exploitation Summary
CVE-2006-3643 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 permits access to local "HTML-embedded resource files" in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) library, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands, aka "MMC Redirect Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability."
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016655
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28005
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3213
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19417
Patch, US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A638
Patch, US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927548
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/21401
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-044
Scores
EPSS
0.2049
EPSS Percentile
97.3%
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2010-05-01
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (2)
microsoft/ie
6 windows_server_2003_sp1
microsoft/internet_explorer
5.01
Published
Aug 09, 2006
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026