CVE-2006-3640
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 allows certain script to persist across navigations...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 allows certain script to persist across navigations between pages, which allows remote attackers to obtain the window location of visited web pages in other domains or zones, aka "Window Location Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 allows certain script to persist across navigations between pages, which allows remote attackers to obtain the window location of visited web pages in other domains or zones, aka "Window Location Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2006-3640- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 allows certain script to persist across navigations between pages, which allows remote attackers to obtain the window location of visited web pages in other domains or zones, aka "Window Location Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2006-3640- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-3635 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 allows certain script to persist across navigations between pages, which allows remote attackers to obtain the window location of visited web pages in other domains or zones, aka "Window Location Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
EUVD-2006-3635- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6cgc-3hx5-cv2r No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 allows certain script to persist across navigations...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 allows certain script to persist across navigations between pages, which allows remote attackers to obtain the window location of visited web pages in other domains or zones, aka "Window Location Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
GHSA-6cgc-3hx5-cv2r- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-3640 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published August 9, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.9%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securitytracker.com/id?1016663
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-042
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A171
securityfocus.com/bid/19339
secunia.com/advisories/21396
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3212
osvdb.org/27850
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3640
github.com/advisories/GHSA-6cgc-3hx5-cv2r