CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-3280

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A 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. This link specifies a Location HTTP header that references the target site, making that content available through the outerHTML attribute of the object, aka "Redirect Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Risk Assessment

An attacker could steal sensitive data from other websites visited by the user, potentially leading to privacy breaches or information theft. The vulnerability is known as the "Redirect Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Recommendation

Update Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 to the latest version containing the security fix. If updating is not possible, consider restricting browser usage or implementing additional protections against cross-domain attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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."

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS