CVE-2005-3312

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3312
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-26 10:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe HTML rendering engine in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via HTML in corrupted images and other files such as .GIF, JPG, and WAV, which is rendered as HTML when the user clicks on the link, even though the web server response and file extension indicate that it should be treated as a different file type.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecuriTeam.com ™ - Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Embedded Content Cross Site Scripting (GIF) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securiteam.com Vendor Advisory
computec.ch • 1997 - 2018 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.computec.ch Exploit
'phpBB 2.0.17 (and other BB systems as well) Cookie disclosure' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
scip AG [Security - Consulting - Information - Process] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.scip.ch Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 embedded content cross site scripting - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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