CVE-2006-3898

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.

Published: Jul 27, 2006
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2006-3898
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
microsoft / internet_explorer	6.0	6.0.x
microsoft / internet_explorer	6.0-sp1	6.0-sp1.x
microsoft / internet_explorer	6.0-sp2	6.0-sp2.x

http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-22-internethhctrl-click.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27231
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19109
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2952
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27929

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2006-3898

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