CVE-2006-3280 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can access restricted cross-domain information in Internet Explorer via crafted object tags, requiring user interaction to view the malicious page.
- 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-2006-3280?
CVE-2006-3280 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 28 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
Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to access restricted information from other domains via an object tag with a data parameter that references a link on the attacker's originating site that specifies a Location HTTP header that references the target site, which then makes that content available through the outerHTML attribute of the object, aka "Redirect Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3280?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3280?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3280 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-3280 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-3280 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-mvgc-fgw6-3gxx.