CVE-2006-1359

Exp

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a certain createTextRange call on a checkbox object, which results in a dereference of an invalid table pointer.

Published: 2006-03-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1359 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 68.07%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 6 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-1359

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16578 exploit_db edb 2010-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
1838 exploit_db edb 2006-05-27 Exploit-DB ↗
1620 exploit_db edb 2006-04-01 Exploit-DB ↗
1628 exploit_db edb 2006-03-31 Exploit-DB ↗
1606 exploit_db edb 2006-03-23 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1359

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 2026-06-15 87.60% 68.07% -19.53%
2 2025-03-30 87.77% 87.60% -0.17%
3 2025-03-29 87.77%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1359

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1359

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1359

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft ie 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft ie 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7.0:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1359

URL Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1427.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1430.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1434.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1662.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18680 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-7/advisory/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015812
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/q-154.shtml
http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ct22-03-2006 Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/876678 US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/917077.mspx
http://www.osvdb.org/24050
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428441
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428583/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428600/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429088/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429124/30/6120/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17196 Exploit
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-101A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1050
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/25379
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1178
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1657
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1678
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1702
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A985
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