Vulnerability Note VU#341028

Microsoft Internet Explorer fails to properly handle double-byte characters in specially crafted URLs

Overview

Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) fails to properly handle double-byte characters in URLs, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

I. Description

IE fails to properly handle double-byte characters in URLs. When a specially crafted HTML file is opened in IE, system memory can be corrupted in a way that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

II. Impact

By convincing a user to access a specially crafted web page with IE, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

III. Solution

Apply an update

This issue is addressed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-013.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Updated
Microsoft Corporation	Vulnerable	11-Apr-2006

References

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-013.mspx

Credit

This vulnerability was disclosed by Microsoft, who in turn credit Sowhat of Nevis Labs with reporting the issue.

This document was written by Will Dormann.

Other Information

Date Public	04/11/2006
Date First Published	04/11/2006 03:23:45 PM
Date Last Updated	04/11/2006
CERT Advisory
CVE Name	CVE-2006-1189
US-CERT Technical Alerts
Metric	32.40
Document Revision	9

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