# CVE-2006-3281: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 does not properly handle Drag and Drop events, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitr

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2006-06-28 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-June/047398.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20825
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/655100
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19389
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016388
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20060627/3d930eda/PLEBO-2006.06.16-IE_ONE_MINOR_ONE_MAJOR.obj
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A318
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-045
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27456
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2553
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28357

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