Description
Microsoft Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a certain GIF file, as demonstrated by Art.gif.
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 Explorer - '.GIF' Image Denial of Service EDB-4215 · dos · Jul 23, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- windows-explorer-gif-dos(35538) vdb-entry
- http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-extended-file-attributes-buffer.html
- 43773 vdb-entry
- 4215 exploit
- 25013 vdb-entry