CVE-2006-3643
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.0EPSS 21.1%EU EUVD
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 21.1% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3638)
- Published
- August 9, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3638 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / ie
- microsoft / internet explorer
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21401
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016655
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927548(Patch, US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19417
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html(Patch, US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3213
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-044
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28005
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A638
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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