CVE-2006-7066

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7.0.6000.16473 - Denial of Service via Orphaned Object Property Access

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-7066. PoCs published by hdm.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer by creating an orphaned object and manipulating its properties, leading to a browser crash.

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside an iframe, deleting the frame by setting its location.href to about:blank, then accessing a property of the object within the deleted frame, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: it was later reported that 7.0.6000.16473 and earlier are also affected.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by hdm · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28301

This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer by creating an orphaned object and manipulating its properties, leading to a browser crash.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Internet Explorer (versions affected by CVE-2006-7066)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Broken Link mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://websecurity.com.ua/3130/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19228
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28068
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/27533
Permissions Required x_refsource_misc
http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/554

Scores

EPSS 0.2160
EPSS Percentile 97.3%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/internet_explorer 6.0 (3 CPE variants)
Published Mar 02, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026