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.
CVE-2006-1359
Score elevated to 9.0 because EPSS predicts 88% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (top 0.5% of all CVEs). Confidence: see factors.
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 68%
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 9.0(low)
- EPSS
- 99.2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 23, 2006
Last Modified
April 16, 2026
References (56)
- secure@microsofthttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1427.html
- secure@microsofthttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1430.html
- secure@microsofthttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1434.html
- secure@microsofthttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1662.html
- secure@microsofthttp://secunia.com/advisories/18680
- secure@microsofthttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-7/advisory/
- secure@microsofthttp://securitytracker.com/id?1015812
- secure@microsofthttp://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/q-154.shtml
- secure@microsofthttp://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ct22-03-2006
- secure@microsofthttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/876678
- secure@microsofthttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/917077.mspx
- secure@microsofthttp://www.osvdb.org/24050
- secure@microsofthttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428441
- secure@microsofthttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428583/100/0/threaded
- secure@microsofthttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428600/100/0/threaded
Weakness Classification(1)
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Publicly available exploits
(6 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (5 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-16578✓ verifiedFirst seen Sep 20, 2010
Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'createTextRange()' Code Execution (MS06-013) (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-1838✓ verifiedFirst seen May 27, 2006
Microsoft Internet Explorer - HTML Tag Memory Corruption (MS06-013)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-1620✓ verifiedFirst seen Apr 1, 2006
Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'createTextRang' Remote (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-1628✓ verifiedFirst seen Mar 31, 2006
Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'createTextRang' Download Shellcode (2)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-1606✓ verifiedFirst seen Mar 23, 2006
Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'createTextRang' Remote Code Execution
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/windows/browser/ms06_013_createtextrange✓ verifiedFirst seen Mar 19, 2006
MS06-013 Microsoft Internet Explorer createTextRange() Code Execution
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