Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code by instantiating certain Windows 2000 ActiveX COM Objects including (1) ciodm.dll, (2) myinfo.dll, (3) msdxm.ocx, and (4) creator.dll.
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 Windows Server 2000 - Multiple COM Object Instantiation Code Execution Vulnerabilities EDB-28420 · 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
- 1474 third-party-advisory
- 19636 vdb-entry
- 20060821 [XSec-06-08]: Windows 2000 Multiple COM Object Instantiation Vulnerability mailing-list
- http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=Releases&act=view&type=1&id=16
- ie-win2k-com-dos(28512) vdb-entry