CVE-2006-3227 Security feature bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass content filters by exploiting browser interpretation conflicts with high-bit ASCII characters, requiring specific encodings.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-3227?
CVE-2006-3227 is a low-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 26 Jun 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3227?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3227?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3227 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-3227 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3227 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-4mpw-2952-v468.