Description
mshtml.dll 6.00.2900.2873, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via nested OBJECT tags, which trigger invalid pointer dereferences including NULL dereferences. NOTE: the possibility of code execution was originally theorized, but Microsoft has stated that this issue is non-exploitable.
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 6 - Nested OBJECT Tag Memory Corruption EDB-27727 · dos · Apr 22, 2006 · verified
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References
- 20060423 MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerability mailing-list
- 781 third-party-advisory
- 1016001 vdb-entry
- 1016291 vdb-entry
- 20060422 MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerability mailing-list
- 27475 vdb-entry
- 20060422 Re: MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerability mailing-list
- ADV-2006-1507 vdb-entry
- MS06-021 vendor-advisory
- 19762 third-party-advisory
- ie-object-memory-corruption(25978) vdb-entry
- 17658 vdb-entry