# CVE-2006-3643: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands via XSS in Internet Explorer by exploiting MMC resource access, requiring user interaction.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Aug 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wqf2-hvv7-5rc4

## What is CVE-2006-3643?

CVE-2006-3643 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 9 Aug 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 permits access to local "HTML-embedded resource files" in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) library, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands, aka "MMC Redirect Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3643?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Microsoft Ie, Microsoft Internet Explorer.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-3643?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3643 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-3643 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3643 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie

- [CVE-2007-0217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0217/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-0219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0219/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-1186](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1186/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0985](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0985/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0216](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0216/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-3643 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-3643 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 9 Aug 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3643 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Ie. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3643/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3643/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3643
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3643
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-3643

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3643/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.