Description
Buffer overflow in URLMON.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL with an International Domain Name (IDN) using double-byte character sets (DBCS), aka the "Double Byte Character Parsing 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 - HTML Tag Memory Corruption (MS06-013) EDB-1838 · dos · May 27, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:792 vdb-entry signature
- 18957 third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1020 vdb-entry signature
- 1015900 vdb-entry
- 20060411 Microsoft Internet Explorer DBCS Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability mailing-list
- ie-double-byte-execute-code(25551) vdb-entry
- TA06-101A third-party-advisory
- 17454 vdb-entry
- MS06-013 vendor-advisory
- VU#341028 third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1484 vdb-entry signature
- ADV-2006-1318 vdb-entry