PT-2005-3907 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2005-09-27 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-3077

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.2.3 for Mac OS

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, by visiting a web page containing malformed attributes in a BGSOUND tag. This could involve the use of double-quotes in an about: URI.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.2.3 for Mac OS, consider avoiding web pages with potentially malformed BGSOUND tags until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to web pages that may contain such malformed tags to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3077

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 3

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/26292 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/14899 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3077 · Security Note