Description
urlmon.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 beta 2 (aka 7.0.5296.0) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a BGSOUND element with its SRC attribute set to "file://" followed by a large number of "-" (dash of hyphen) characters.
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 7.0 Beta 2 - 'urlmon.dll' Denial of Service EDB-1475 · dos · Feb 7, 2006 · verified
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