CVE-2006-0057: Microsoft Ie

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 19.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to bypass the Kill bit settings for dangerous ActiveX controls via unknown vectors involving crafted HTML, which can expose the browser to attacks that would otherwise be prevented by the Kill bit setting. NOTE: CERT/CC claims that MS05-054 fixes this issue, but it is not described in MS05-054.

Affected products

• Microsoft Ie: version 6 only
• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.01 only; version 5.5 only; version 6 only

Published 2006-01-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.