26443 : Microsoft IE UTF-8 Encoded HTML Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
10	817	over 5 years ago	about 1 year ago	1 times	100%

Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Disclosure Date
2006-01-20	2006-06-13

Keywords

aka "HTML Decoding Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Description

A remote overflow exists in Microsoft IE. Internet Explorer fails to translate UTF-8 characters to Unicode resulting in an encoded HTML overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can cause remote code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Private, Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Technical

Exploitaton does not require JavaScript, Java or ActiveX to be enabled.

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Microsoft Corporation	Internet Explorer	5.0.1
		6.0

References

CERT VU: 136849
Bugtraq ID: 18309
CVE ID: 2006-2382 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 20595
SCIP VulDB ID: 2290
Related OSVDB ID: 26442 26444 26445 26446
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 916281
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-2319
Keyword: aka "HTML Decoding Memory Corruption Vulnerability." ZDI-06-017
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-06/0225.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-017.html
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS06-021

Tools & Filters

Snort	16032
	21685

Credit

Anonymous - Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-06-14 | Disagree?

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