CVE-2006-1359
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a certain createTextRange call on a checkbox object, which results in a dereference of an invalid table pointer.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a certain createTextRange call on a checkbox object, which results in a dereference of an invalid table pointer.
- Record
CVE-2006-1359- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a certain createTextRange call on a checkbox object, which results in a dereference of an invalid table pointer.
- Record
CVE-2006-1359- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-1363 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a certain createTextRange call on a checkbox object, which results in a dereference of an invalid table pointer.
- Record
EUVD-2006-1363- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-43v5-w42f-65jx No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a certain createTextRange call on a checkbox object, which results in a dereference of an invalid table pointer.
- Record
GHSA-43v5-w42f-65jx- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'createTextRang' Remote Code Execution | 2006-03-23 |
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'createTextRang' Remote (Metasploit) | 2006-04-01 |
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'createTextRang' Download Shellcode (2) | 2006-03-31 |
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'createTextRange()' Code Execution (MS06-013) (Metasploit) | 2010-09-20 |
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Internet Explorer - HTML Tag Memory Corruption (MS06-013) | 2006-05-27 |
| Metasploit | MS06-013 Microsoft Internet Explorer createTextRange() Code Execution | 2006-03-19 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-1359 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published March 23, 2006. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 68.3%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
computerterrorism.com/research/ct22-03-2006
securityfocus.com/archive/1/429088/100/0/threaded
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1678
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1050
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kb.cert.org/vuls/id/876678
osvdb.org/24050
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1427.html
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-101A.html
secunia.com/advisories/18680
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25379
securitytracker.com/id?1015812
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-013
microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/917077.mspx
ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/q-154.shtml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1359
github.com/advisories/GHSA-43v5-w42f-65jx