CVE-2006-1388

Exp

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute HTA files via unknown vectors.

Published: 2006-03-24 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1388 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 55.12%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 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-2006-1388

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1838 exploit_db edb 2006-05-27 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1388

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 67.46% 55.12% -12.34%
2 2025-06-07 68.65% 67.46% -1.20%
3 2025-03-30 68.65%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1388

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-2006-1388

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1388

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 internet_explorer 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1388

URL Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1415.html
http://jeffrey.vanderstad.net/grasshopper/
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6052396.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed
http://secunia.com/advisories/19378
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015800
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/434641 US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/24095
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17181
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-101A.html 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/25394
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1591
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1642
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1676
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1724
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1774
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