Microsoft Internet Explorer nested OBJECT tag memory corruption
| ie-object-memory-corruption (25978) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Internet Explorer could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a victim's system, caused by memory corruption error that can occur when handling a Web page with nested HTML OBJECT tags. By creating a malicious Web page containing specially-crafted OBJECT tags, a remote attacker could cause Internet Explorer to crash or possibly execute arbitrary commands on a victim's system, once the malicious page is opened.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Refer to the Microsoft Web site for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information (KB916281). See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Apr 22 2006 - 18:30:03 CDT: MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerability.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Sat Apr 22 2006 - 18:30:03 CDT: MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerability.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Sat Apr 22 2006 - 18:30:03 CDT: MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerability.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Sat Apr 22 2006 - 18:30:03 CDT: MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerability.
- Microsoft Corporation Web site: MS06-021: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer.
- BID-17658: Microsoft Internet Explorer Nested OBJECT Tag Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1992: mshtml.dll 6.00.2900.2873, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via nested OBJECT tags, which trigger invalid pointer dereferences including NULL dereferences. NOTE: the possibility of code execution was originally theorized, but Microsoft has stated that this issue is non-exploitable.
- OSVDB ID: 27475: Microsoft IE Nested Objects Exception Handler Unspecified Memory Corruption
- SA19762: Internet Explorer Exception Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1016001: Microsoft Internet Explorer Bug in Processing Nested OBJECT Tags Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SECTRACK ID: 1016291: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Memory and Access Control Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1507: Microsoft Internet Explorer object Tag Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
Reported:
Apr 23, 2006
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