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CVE-2006-3898

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the Click method of the I…

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

Impact

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the Click method of the Internet.HHCtrl.1 ActiveX object before initializing the URL, which triggers a null dereference.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
MicrosoftInternet Explorer
Version 6.0

References