MEDIUM
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 permits access to local "HTML-embedded resource files" in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) library, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands, aka "MMC Redirect Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability."
Published Aug 9, 2006
6.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 20.33%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 permits access to local "HTML-embedded resource files" in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) library, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands, aka "MMC Redirect Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 6
- 5.01
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.
6.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
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.
20.33% 0.20330
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.20330
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 (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 20.33% (0.20330) | 97.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 19.69% (0.19693) | 97.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 33.08% (0.33080) | 96.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 39.12% (0.39121) | 97.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 3, 2025 | 29.78% (0.29778) | 96.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 27.63% (0.27634) | 96.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.05% (0.01053) | 84.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 1.56% (0.01561) | 87.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 19, 2024 | 2.09% (0.02094) | 88.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 12, 2023 | 2.80% (0.02803) | 89.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 4, 2023 | 3.39% (0.03394) | 90.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 3.34% (0.03343) | 90.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 2.39% (0.02386) | 88.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 5, 2023 | 2.56% (0.02556) | 88.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 28, 2023 | 1.84% (0.01837) | 86.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.33% (0.01335) | 83.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 17.07% (0.17072) | 96.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 17.07% (0.17072) | 95.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 17.07% (0.17072) | 93.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21401 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016655 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927548 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19417 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3213 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-044 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28005 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A638 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/21401 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1016655 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927548 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19417 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3213 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-044 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28005 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A638 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Aug 9, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 17, 2006
Link CVE-2006-3643
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a