CVE-2006-1016
microsoft internet explorer: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Buffer overflow in the IsComponentInstalled method in Internet Explorer 6.0, when used on Windows 2000 before SP4 or Windows XP before SP1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via JavaScript that calls IsComponentInstalled with a long first argument.
- EPSS
- 67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:internet_explorer
References
- http://metasploit.com/projects/Framework/exploits.html#ie_iscomponentinstalled
- http://www.metasploit.com/projects/Framework/modules/exploits/ie_iscomponentinstalled.pm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16870
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24923
- http://metasploit.com/projects/Framework/exploits.html#ie_iscomponentinstalled