Vulnerability Note VU#503124

Microsoft Internet Explorer fails to handle specially crafted, invalid HTML

Overview

Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) fails to properly handle malformed HTML. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

I. Description

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

More information is available in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-013.

II. Impact

If a remote attacker can persuade a user to access a specially crafted web page with IE, that attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the compromised user.

III. Solution

Apply an Update

This issue is addressed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-013.
Refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-013 for workarounds for this vulnerability.

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 reported in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-013. Microsoft credits Jan P. Monsch of Compass Security Network Computing AG with providing information regarding this vulnerability.

This document was written by Jeff Gennari.

Other Information

Date Public	04/11/2006
Date First Published	04/11/2006 03:08:11 PM
Date Last Updated	04/11/2006
CERT Advisory
CVE Name	CVE-2006-1185
US-CERT Technical Alerts
Metric	29.70
Document Revision	5

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