Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a table with a frameset as a child, which triggers a null dereference, as demonstrated using the appendChild method.
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 - Table.Frameset NULL Dereference EDB-1989 · dos · Jul 7, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 26837 vdb-entry
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-7-tableframeset.html
- ie-tableframeset-appendchild-dos(27592) vdb-entry
- 18873 vdb-entry
- ADV-2006-2701 vdb-entry