CVE-ID |
CVE-2006-2056
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Description |
Argument injection vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is implementation-specific or a problem in the Microsoft API.
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References |
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Assigning CNA |
MITRE Corporation |
Date Record Created |
20060426 |
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Phase (Legacy) |
Assigned (20060426) |
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Comments (Legacy) |
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Proposed (Legacy) |
N/A |
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