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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component COM Object Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain invalid HTML that causes memory corruption.
The weakness was released 04/11/2006 by Richard M. Smith with Boston Software Forensics as MS06-013 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-1185 since 03/13/2006. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21210 (MS06-013: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (912812)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100034 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update Missing (MS06-013)).
Applying the patch MS06-013 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25542) and Tenable (21210). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 2089, 2102, 2110 and 2138.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 21210
Nessus Name: MS06-013: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (912812)
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Patch: MS06-013
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Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS06-013
Researcher: Richard M. Smith
Organization: Boston Software Forensics
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2006-1185 (🔍)
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X-Force: 25542 - Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML parsing code execution
SecurityTracker: 1015900 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Parsing and State Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
SecurityFocus: 17450 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Invalid HTML Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 18957 - Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-1318
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Entry
Created: 04/12/2006 16:40Updated: 03/12/2021 15:37
Changes: 04/12/2006 16:40 (78), 04/07/2017 12:01 (9), 03/12/2021 15:37 (2)
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