MEDIUM
Microsoft Internet Explorer before Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, when Prompt is configured in Security Settings, uses modal dialogs to verify that a user wishes to run an ActiveX control or perform other risky actions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to construct a race condition that tricks a user into clicking an object or pressing keys that are actually applied to a "Yes" approval for executing the control
Published Apr 29, 2006
5.1
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 23.13%
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer before Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, when Prompt is configured in Security Settings, uses modal dialogs to verify that a user wishes to run an ActiveX control or perform other risky actions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to construct a race condition that tricks a user into clicking an object or pressing keys that are actually applied to a "Yes" approval for executing the control.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 5
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.1 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
23.13% 0.23133
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.23133
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 23.13% (0.23133) | 97.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 23.13% (0.23133) | 97.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 28, 2026 | 44.75% (0.44748) | 97.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 9, 2025 | 38.22% (0.38219) | 97.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 34.34% (0.34344) | 96.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 23.02% (0.23024) | 93.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 34.34% (0.34344) | 96.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 38.22% (0.38217) | 96.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 23.62% (0.23617) | 96.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 18, 2024 | 42.15% (0.42147) | 97.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 19, 2024 | 40.63% (0.40631) | 97.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 3, 2024 | 29.77% (0.29765) | 96.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 22, 2023 | 24.72% (0.24724) | 96.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 19.62% (0.19624) | 95.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 19.33% (0.19330) | 95.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 44.55% (0.44552) | 98.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 44.55% (0.44552) | 97.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/0264.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0759.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2006-q2/0019.html mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCH
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/045589.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015720 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://student.missouristate.edu/m/matthew007/advisories.asp?adv=2006-02 x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/22351 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17713 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.squarefree.com/2004/07/01/race-conditions-in-security-dialogs/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1559 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26111 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/0264.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0759.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2006-q2/0019.html | mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCH | |
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/045589.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015720 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://student.missouristate.edu/m/matthew007/advisories.asp?adv=2006-02 | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/22351 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17713 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.squarefree.com/2004/07/01/race-conditions-in-security-dialogs/ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1559 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26111 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 29, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 28, 2006
Link CVE-2006-2094
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a