# CVE-2006-2094: Microsoft Internet Explorer before Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, when Prompt is configured in Security S

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2006-04-29 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer before Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, when Prompt is configured in Security Settings, uses modal dialogs to verify that a user wishes to run an ActiveX control or perform other risky actions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to construct a race condition that tricks a user into clicking an object or pressing keys that are actually applied to a "Yes" approval for executing the control.

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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1559
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0759.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17713
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015720
- http://www.osvdb.org/22351
- http://student.missouristate.edu/m/matthew007/advisories.asp?adv=2006-02
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/045589.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26111
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2006-q2/0019.html
- http://www.squarefree.com/2004/07/01/race-conditions-in-security-dialogs/
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/0264.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27744

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