Microsoft Internet Explorer deleted frame access denial of service
| ie-deleted-frame-dos (28068) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Internet Explorer is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference that can occur when attempting to access the property of an object in a deleted frame. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a victim's browser to crash, if the attacker could persuade the victim to visit a malicious Web page.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 2.4 |
| Exploitability: | Proof-Of-Concept |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 17, 2010.
References:
- Browser Fun Blog, Saturday, July 29, 2006: MoBB #30: Orphan Object Properties .
- BID-19228: Microsoft Internet Explorer Deleted Frame Object Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-7066: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating an object inside an iframe, deleting the frame by setting its location.href to about:blank, then accessing a property of the object within the deleted frame, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: it was later reported that 7.0.6000.16473 and earlier are also affected.
- OSVDB ID: 27533: Microsoft IE Orphan Object Property Access NULL Dereference
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
Reported:
Jul 29, 2006
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