PT-2006-1608 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2006-02-04 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2006-0544

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer version 7.0 beta 2 (aka 7.0.5296.0)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code. This is achieved by using a BGSOUND element with its SRC attribute set to "file://" followed by a large number of "-" (dash or hyphen) characters.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer version 7.0 beta 2, consider avoiding the use of BGSOUND elements with SRC attributes that could trigger this issue until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the handling of "file://" URLs in the application to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0544

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/1475 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/16463 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0544 · Security Note
• http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x23-advisory.txt · Note