CVE-2006-3898

Microsoft Internet Explorer - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the Click method of the Internet.HHCtrl.1 ActiveX object before initializing the URL, which triggers a null dereference.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Alex F · htmldoswindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28256

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (5)

[Broken Link] http://www.osvdb.org/27231

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27929

[Not Applicable] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2952

[Broken Link] http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-22-internethhctrl-click.html

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19109

Scores

EPSS 0.2198

EPSS Percentile 95.8%

Details

Status published

Products (1)

microsoft/internet_explorer 6.0 (3 CPE variants)

Published Jul 27, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026