Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long Color attribute in multiple DirectX Media Image DirectX Transforms ActiveX COM Objects from (a) dxtmsft.dll and (b) dxtmsft3.dll, including (1) DXImageTransform.Microsoft.MaskFilter.1, (2) DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Chroma.1, and (3) DX3DTransform.Microsoft.Shapes.1.
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 2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - DirectX Media Remote Overflow Denial of Service EDB-4251 · dos · Jul 31, 2007 · verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Multiple COM Object Color Property Denial of Service Vulnerabilities EDB-28421 · dos · Aug 21, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 29524 vdb-entry
- 1439 third-party-advisory
- http://xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=17
- 20060821 [XSec-06-09]: Internet Explorer Multiple COM Objects Color Property DoS Vulnerability mailing-list
- 4251 exploit
- 19640 vdb-entry
- 29525 vdb-entry
- ie-com-color-dos(28516) vdb-entry