Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1 and earlier…
Priority MEDIUM 52CWE-94Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page that triggers memory corruption when it is saved as a multipart HTML (.mht) file.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.20147 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-2385
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x3r6-8rcc-599c
References
More Microsoft Ie vulnerabilities
- TI-2004-00947 Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2004-00183 Stack-based buffer overflow in the Task Scheduler for Windows 2000 and XP, and Internet… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2007-00210 The wininet.dll FTP client code in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 might allow… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2006-01313 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2006-01146 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2006-03617 Integer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2006-2385 · CVE Program
- CVE-2006-2385 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x3r6-8rcc-599c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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