CVE-2006-2056 | BDVDB-2026-16563 Detail

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Argument injection vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is implementation-specific or a problem in the Microsoft API.

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History#

1. Version 12006-04-26Record published in the CVE List.
2. Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.