TI-2006-06773 Aliases CVE-2006-7031 GHSA-wgx9-77w5-x2hw

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a…

MEDIUM 62Published 2007-02-23 · Updated 2025-01-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a table element with a CSS attribute that sets the position, which triggers an "unhandled exception" in mshtml.dll.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.18285 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

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 · 13

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::::::::	all versions	Running on	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:::small_business_server:::::*	all versions	Running on	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:gold:::::::*	gold	Running on	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:::::::*	r2	Running on	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp2:::::::*	sp2	Running on	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_95::::::::	all versions	Running on	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98::gold::::::*	all versions	Running on	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_embedded_compact::::::::	all versions	Running on	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_me::::::::	all versions	Running on	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt::::::::	all versions	Running on	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:small_business_server:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions gold Running on ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions r2 Running on ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions sp2 Running on ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_embedded_compact:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_me:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft

Show 3 more CPE

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista::::::::	all versions	Running on	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::gold::::::*	all versions	Running on	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer::::::::	up to 6.0.2900	Vulnerable	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6.0.2900 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-7031
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wgx9-77w5-x2hw

References

Exploit 1

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TI-2015-00277 Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.269 and 14.x through… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2015-00275 Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player through 13.0.0.262 and 14.x, 15.x, and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-01386 Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-01340 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2019-00335 Command injection in Microsoft Office KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2017-00204 Out-of-bounds write in Microsoft Internet Explorer KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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