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CVE-2006-6659

The Microsoft Office Outlook Recipient ActiveX control (ole32.dll) in Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.23579
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 4% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

3
microsoft ieall versions
microsoft outlookall versions
microsoft windows xpall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

3
dosMicrosoft Office Outlook Recipient Control - 'ole32.dll' Denial of Serviceverified
dosMicrosoft Outlook - ActiveX Control Remote Internet Explorer Denial of Serviceverified
pocshinnai.altervista.org · viewtopic.php?id=41&t_id=8shinnai.altervista.org
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Sigma Hunt Rules

8
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSuspicious File Created in Outlook Temporary Directory
producthighSuspicious Outlook Macro Created
producthighPotential Persistence Via Outlook Form
producthighSuspicious Execution From Outlook Temporary Folder
producthighSuspicious Remote Child Process From Outlook
producthighSuspicious Outlook Child Process
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Scoring & Timeline

5
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD20 Dec 2006 · 02:28 AM
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017397
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21649
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