Microsoft Internet Explorer file URL could allow an attacker to overwrite registry
| ie-file-registry-overwrite (16091) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Internet Explorer could allow a remote attacker to overwrite a user's registry. By creating a specially-crafted Web page that uses the onLoad and window.location methods to invoke a 'file://' URL that contains a hexadecimal URL encoded drive name, a remote attacker could overwrite the ECX, EDX, and EDI registers, once the victim visits the malicious Web page.
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft, Internet Explorer 6.0.2800
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu May 06 2004 - 20:23:58 CDT, Remote DoS IE Memory Access Violation at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-05/0055.html.
- BID-10299: Microsoft Internet Explorer Unconfirmed Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- BID-12565: Microsoft Internet Explorer Malformed File URI Denial of Service Vulnerability
Reported:
May 07, 2004
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