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CVE-2006-3281

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 does not properly handle Drag and Drop events, which allows...

5.1 MediumPublic exploit

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 does not properly handle Drag and Drop events, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a link to an SMB file share with a filename that contains encoded ..\ (%2e%2e%5c) sequences and whose extension contains the CLSID Key identifier for HTML Applications (HTA), aka "Folder GUID Code Execution Vulnerability." NOTE: directory traversal sequences were used in the original exploit, although their role is not clear.

Exploit likelihood

48.2%Down 24.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.1

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 does not properly handle Drag and Drop events, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a link to an SMB file share with a filename that contains encoded ..\ (%2e%2e%5c) sequences and whose extension contains the CLSID Key identifier for HTML Applications (HTA), aka "Folder GUID Code Execution Vulnerability." NOTE: directory traversal sequences were used in the original exploit, although their role is not clear.

Record
CVE-2006-3281
CVSS 2.0
5.1 MediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 does not properly handle Drag and Drop events, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a link to an SMB file share with a filename that contains encoded ..\ (%2e%2e%5c) sequences and whose extension contains the CLSID Key identifier for HTML Applications (HTA), aka "Folder GUID Code Execution Vulnerability." NOTE: directory traversal sequences were used in the original exploit, although their role is not clear.

Record
CVE-2006-3281
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-3278 No score

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 does not properly handle Drag and Drop events, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a link to an SMB file share with a filename that contains encoded ..\ (%2e%2e%5c) sequences and whose extension contains the CLSID Key identifier for HTML Applications (HTA), aka "Folder GUID Code Execution Vulnerability." NOTE: directory traversal sequences were used in the original exploit, although their role is not clear.

Record
EUVD-2006-3278
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6hxc-5477-3vmj No score

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 does not properly handle Drag and Drop events, which allows...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 does not properly handle Drag and Drop events, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a link to an SMB file share with a filename that contains encoded ..\ (%2e%2e%5c) sequences and whose extension contains the CLSID Key identifier for HTML Applications (HTA), aka "Folder GUID Code Execution Vulnerability." NOTE: directory traversal sequences were used in the original exploit, although their role is not clear.

Record
GHSA-6hxc-5477-3vmj
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

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Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBMicrosoft Windows XP/2000/2003 - Explorer Drag and Drop Remote Code Execution2006-07-27

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2006-3281 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published June 28, 2006. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 48.2%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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