CVE-2006-3438

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-3438
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-08-09 00:04:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-12 21:40:00 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Hyperlink Object Library (hlink.dll), possibly a buffer overflow, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted hyperlinks that are not properly handled when hlink.dll "uses a file containing a malformed function," aka "Hyperlink Object Function Vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Hyperlink Object Library All All All All
Application Microsoft Hyperlink Object Library All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#683612 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Patch, US Government Resource
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-220A -- Microsoft Products Contain Multiple Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov Patch, US Government Resource
Microsoft Hyperlink Object Library Function Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Windows Hyperlink Object Library Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-050 - Important | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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