27110 : Microsoft IE WebViewFolderIcon setSlice Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-07-17
Days of Exposure
85 days

Description

Internet Explorer contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when calling the 'setSlice' method of the WebViewFolderIcon.WebViewFolderIcon.1 ActiveX object with the first parameter set to 0x7fffffff. This causes an invalid memory copy and may result in arbitrary code execution and/or a loss of availability for the browser.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Solution: Solution Unknown
Exploit: Exploit Public, Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

Microsoft Corporation
Internet Explorer
6

References

Tools & Filters

Snort

7985 7986 8419

ms06_057

Credit

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-07-24 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_1 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_2 Integrity_impact_2 Availability_impact_2

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