CVE-2006-3227
What it is
Interpretation conflict between Internet Explorer and other web browsers such as Mozilla, Opera, and Firefox might allow remote attackers to modify the visual presentation of web pages and possibly bypass protection mechanisms such as content filters via ASCII characters with the 8th bit set, which could be stripped by Internet Explorer to render legible text, but not when using other browsers. NOTE: there has been significant discussion about this issue, and as of 20060625, it is not clear where the responsibility for this issue lies, although it might be due to vagueness within the associated standards. NOTE: this might only be exploitable with certain encodings.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 13.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 13.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 2.6 LOW (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 13.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900
Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 2.6
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2006-3227.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2006-3227. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
References
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20060621/malformed-ascii-bypasses-filters/
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20060621/us-ascii-xss-part-2
- http://www.osvdb.org/28376
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437948/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438049/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438051/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438066/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438154/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438163/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438358/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438359/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27288
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20060621/malformed-ascii-bypasses-filters/
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20060621/us-ascii-xss-part-2
- http://www.osvdb.org/28376
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437948/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438049/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438051/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438066/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438154/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438163/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438358/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438359/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27288