CVE-2006-5162

Microsoft Internet Explorer <6.0 SP2 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-5162. PoCs published by Firestorm.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a stack overflow in wininet.dll by sending an excessively large Content-Type header (1.1M 'A's) to Internet Explorer, causing a crash (DoS). It sets up a local HTTP server to deliver the malicious response.

Description

wininet.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unhandled exception and crash) via a long Content-Type header, which triggers a stack overflow.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Firestorm · perldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2039

This exploit triggers a stack overflow in wininet.dll by sending an excessively large Content-Type header (1.1M 'A's) to Internet Explorer, causing a crash (DoS). It sets up a local HTTP server to deliver the malicious response.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Internet Explorer (via wininet.dll)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Perl environment · Local network access to target · Target must visit attacker-controlled URL
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/29129
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27900
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2039
Not Applicable vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2917
Broken Link mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0379.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19092
Exploit, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1683

Scores

EPSS 0.3536
EPSS Percentile 98.2%

Details

Status published
Products (4)
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.0
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.0.1 (5 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.5 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer 6.0 (3 CPE variants)
Published Oct 05, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026