TI-2006-03786 Aliases CVE-2006-3910 GHSA-7wcw-6xv4-p899

Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2, when Outlook is installed, allows remote attackers…

MEDIUM 40Published 2006-07-28 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2, when Outlook is installed, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by calling the NewDefaultItem function of an OVCtl (OVCtl.OVCtl.1) ActiveX object, which triggers a null dereference.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.17071 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

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

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp2::::::	6.0 sp2	Vulnerable	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 sp2 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-3910
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7wcw-6xv4-p899

References

Exploit 1

http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-20-ovctl-newdefaultitem.html

Other 2

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

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Sources

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