EIP-2026-118830

PRE-CVE

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Local Resource Enumeration

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-118830. PoCs published by Benjamin Tobias Franz.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a local resource enumeration vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer by using 'res://' requests to determine the existence of local files. It checks for various system, shortcut, and malware-related files to gather information about the target system.

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Local Resource Enumeration

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Benjamin Tobias Franz · textremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24727

This exploit leverages a local resource enumeration vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer by using 'res://' requests to determine the existence of local files. It checks for various system, shortcut, and malware-related files to gather information about the target system.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Internet Explorer (unspecified version)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open the malicious HTML file in Internet Explorer
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026