CVE-2006-5578

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and earlier allows remote attackers to read Temporary Internet Files (TIF) and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors involving certain drag and drop operations, aka "TIF Folder Information Disclosure Vulnerability," and a different issue than CVE-2006-5577.

Published: 2006-12-12 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5578 is rated Moderate Risk (45/100): CVSS Low severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 47.87%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5578

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 2025-07-31 47.47% 47.87% +0.40%
2 2025-03-30 59.88% 47.47% -12.41%
3 2025-03-29 59.88%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5578

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:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5578

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5578

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-5578: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5578

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5578

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft ie <= 6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:*:windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5578

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