CVE-2006-3280

Exp

Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to access restricted information from other domains via an object tag with a data parameter that references a link on the attacker's originating site that specifies a Location HTTP header that references the target site, which then makes that content available through the outerHTML attribute of the object, aka "Redirect Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Published: 2006-06-28 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3280 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 62.08%, 98th 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-2006-3280

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28118 exploit_db edb 2006-06-27 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3280

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 2025-09-11 63.43% 62.08% -1.35%
2 2025-05-31 62.93% 63.43% +0.50%
3 2025-03-30 62.93%

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3280

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-2006-3280

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3280

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

References for CVE-2006-3280

URL Tags
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-June/047398.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20060627/3d930eda/PLEBO-2006.06.16-IE_ONE_MINOR_ONE_MAJOR.obj
http://secunia.com/advisories/20825 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21396
http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_information_disclosure_vulnerability_test
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016388
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/883108 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438785/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438788/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438811/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438863/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438864/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439146/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18682
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2553
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27452
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A738
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