CVE-2006-2766

Exp

Buffer overflow in INETCOMM.DLL, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 through 6.0 SP2, Windows Explorer, Outlook Express 6, and possibly other programs, allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long mhtml URI in the URL value in a URL file.

Published: 2006-06-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2766 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 70.21%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.71% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-2766

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27930 exploit_db edb 2006-05-31 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2766

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 2026-03-16 67.50% 70.21% +2.71%
2 2025-10-13 63.43% 67.50% +4.06%
3 2025-05-05 — 63.43% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2766

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2766

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2766

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2766

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