CVE-2006-1245

Exp

Buffer overflow in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180, and probably other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML tag with a large number of script action handlers such as onload and onmouseover, as demonstrated using onclick, aka the "Multiple Event Handler Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Published: 2006-03-17 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1245 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 69.67%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.66% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-1245

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1838 exploit_db edb 2006-05-27 Exploit-DB ↗
27433 exploit_db edb 2006-03-16 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1245

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 65.01% 69.67% +4.66%
2 2025-03-29 69.67% 65.01% -4.66%
3 2025-03-19 69.67%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1245

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1245

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1245

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft ie 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1245

URL Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-02/0855.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18957 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19269 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015794 Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/984473 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/23964 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428810/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453436/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453554/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17131 Exploit Patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-101A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1318
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-013
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25292
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1451
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1569
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1599
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1632
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1766
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