Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-6659 - Remote Internet Explorer Denial of Service vulnerability in Microsoft IE, Outlook and Windows XP
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The Microsoft Office Outlook Recipient ActiveX control (ole32.dll) in Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 hang) via crafted HTML.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 | |
| OS | 1 |
Exploit-Db
| description | Microsoft Outlook ActiveX Control Remote Internet Explorer Denial of Service Vulnerability. CVE-2006-6659. Dos exploit for windows platform |
| id | EDB-ID:29295 |
| last seen | 2016-02-03 |
| modified | 2006-12-18 |
| published | 2006-12-18 |
| reporter | shinnai |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/29295/ |
| title | Microsoft Outlook ActiveX Control Remote Internet Explorer Denial of Service Vulnerability |