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.
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. |
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. |
Solution
Apply an update This issue is addressed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-013. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
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| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
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References
Acknowledgements
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
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-1189 |
| Severity Metric: | 32.40 |
| Date Public: | 2006-04-11 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-04-11 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2006-04-11 19:36 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 10 |