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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2006-4868 EUVD-2006-4855GHSA-57hx-f9jp-528m

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Vector Graphics Rendering engine (vgx.dll), as used in Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer 6.0 on Wi…

Published Sep 19, 2006 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Vector Graphics Rendering engine (vgx.dll), as used in Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Vector Markup Language (VML) file with a long fill parameter within a rect tag.

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 3

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