Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 does not properly handle various HTML layout component combinations, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML file that leads to memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering 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 - Frameset Memory Corruption EDB-27971 · dos · Jun 5, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 27853 vdb-entry
- 1016663 vdb-entry
- MS06-042 vendor-advisory
- 21396 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2006-3212 vdb-entry
- TA06-220A third-party-advisory
- VU#340060 third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:502 vdb-entry signature