CVE-2006-2111

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A component in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 allows remote attackers to bypass domain restrictions and obtain sensitive information via redirections with the mhtml: URI handler, as originally reported for Internet Explorer 6 and 7, aka "URL Redirect Cross Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Published: 2006-05-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2111 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 33.40%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 4 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-2006-2111

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27745 exploit_db edb 2006-04-27 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2111

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 2026-05-30 39.75% 33.40% -6.35%
2 2026-03-16 37.84% 39.75% +1.91%
3 2025-12-12 37.84%

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2111

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2111

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2111

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

References for CVE-2006-2111

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/Internet_Explorer_Arbitrary_Content_Disclosure_Vulnerability_Test/ Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19738 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22477 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016005 Exploit
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/783761 US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/25073
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449883/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449917/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471947/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17717
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-163A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1558 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2154 Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-034
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26281
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1605
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