Vulnerability Note VU#824324

Microsoft Internet Explorer fails to properly handle HTML elements with a specially crafted tag

Overview

Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) fails to properly handle HTML element tags, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

I. Description

IE fails to properly handle HTML element tags. 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 Notified	Date Updated
Microsoft Corporation	Vulnerable	11-Apr-2006

References

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

Credit

This vulnerability was reported by Microsoft, who in turn credit Thomas Waldegger with reporting the issue.

This document was written by Will Dormann.

Other Information

Date Public:	2006-04-11
Date First Published:	2006-04-11
Date Last Updated:	2006-04-11
CERT Advisory:
CVE-ID(s):	CVE-2006-1188
NVD-ID(s):	CVE-2006-1188
US-CERT Technical Alerts:
Metric:	13.77
Document Revision:	3

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