Description
Multiple ActiveX controls in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) by accessing the bgColor, fgColor, linkColor, alinkColor, vlinkColor, or defaultCharset properties in the (1) giffile, (2) htmlfile, (3) jpegfile, (4) mhtmlfile, (5) ODCfile, (6) pjpegfile, (7) pngfile, (8) xbmfile, (9) xmlfile, (10) xslfile, or (11) wdfile objects in (a) mshtml.dll; or the (12) TriEditDocument.TriEditDocument or (13) TriEditDocument.TriEditDocument.1 objects in (b) triedit.dll, which cause a NULL pointer dereference.
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.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - Multiple ActiveX Controls Denial of Service Vulnerabilities EDB-29536 · dos · Jan 29, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20070128 Internet Explorer 7 ActiveX bgColor property NULL pointer dereference (DoS) mailing-list
- 20070129 Internet Explorer 7 ActiveX bgColor property NULL pointer dereference (DoS) mailing-list
- 32628 vdb-entry
- ie-activex-bgcolor-dos(31867) vdb-entry
- 2199 third-party-advisory
- 20070129 Internet Explorer 7 ActiveX bgColor property NULL pointer dereference (DoS) mailing-list
- 22288 vdb-entry
- http://www.determina.com/security.research/vulnerabilities/activex-bgcolor.html