Description
Race condition in the memory management routines in the DHTML object processor in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious web page or HTML e-mail, aka "DHTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability".
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - DHTML Object Race Condition Memory Corruption EDB-25386 · remote · Apr 12, 2005 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- VU#774338 third-party-advisory
- ie-dhtml-bo(19831) vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1695 vdb-entry signature
- 20050412 Microsoft Internet Explorer DHTML Engine Race Condition Vulnerability third-party-advisory
- 14922 third-party-advisory
- MS05-020 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4985 vdb-entry signature
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4874 vdb-entry signature
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3100 vdb-entry signature
- TA05-102A third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3752 vdb-entry signature