Microsoft Internet Explorer msoe.dll COM object denial of service
| ie-msoe-dos (28439) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Internet Explorer is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory corruption error when the Microsoft Outlook (msoe.dll) COM object is instantiated as an ActiveX control. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a victim's browser to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code on the victim's system, if the attacker could persuade the victim to visit a malicious Web page.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5.6 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 4.8 |
| Exploitability: | Proof-Of-Concept |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- XSec Security Advisory XSec-06-04: Internet Explorer (msoe.dll) COM Object Instantiation Vulnerability.
- BID-19521: Microsoft Internet Explorer IMSKDIC.DLL Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- BID-19529: Microsoft Internet Explorer CHTSKDIC.DLL Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
- BID-19530: Microsoft Internet Explorer MSOE.DLL Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-4193: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code by instantiating COM objects as ActiveX controls, including (1) imskdic.dll (Microsoft IME), (2) chtskdic.dll (Microsoft IME), and (3) msoe.dll (Outlook), which leads to memory corruption. NOTE: it is not certain whether the issue is in Internet Explorer or the individual DLL files.
- OSVDB ID: 29345: Microsoft IE imskdic.dll COM Object Instantiation Code Execution
- OSVDB ID: 29346: Microsoft IE chtskdic.dll COM Object Instantiation Code Execution
- OSVDB ID: 29347: Microsoft IE msoe.dll COM Object Instantiation Code Execution
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
Reported:
Aug 15, 2006
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