Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 5.5 WMF File numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 5.5 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component WMF File Handler. The manipulation results in numeric error. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2006-0020. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 5.5 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown code of the component WMF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-189. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An unspecified Microsoft WMF parsing application, as used in Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4, and 5.5 SP2 on Windows Millennium, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute code via a crafted WMF file with a manipulated WMF header size, possibly involving an integer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-4560, and aka "WMF Image Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 02/08/2006 by H D Moore with Microsoft as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-0020 since 11/30/2005. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20904 (MS06-004: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (910620)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100033 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Update Missing (MS06-004)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 5713. In this case the pattern |D7 CD C6 9A| is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4152.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24487), Tenable (20904), SecurityFocus (BID 16516†), OSVDB (22976†) and Secunia (SA18912†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Physical: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 20904
Nessus Name: MS06-004: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (910620)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: microsoft.com

Snort ID: 5713
Snort Message: WEB-CLIENT Windows Metafile invalid header size integer overflow
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11/30/2005 🔍
01/09/2006 +40 days 🔍
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02/07/2006 +28 days 🔍
02/08/2006 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: microsoft.com
Researcher: H D Moore
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-0020 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0020
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2034

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X-Force: 24487
SecurityFocus: 16516 - Microsoft Internet Explorer WMF Image Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 18912 - Avaya Products WMF Image Parsing Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 22976 - Microsoft IE Crafted WMF Header Size Arbitrary Code Execution
Vulnerability Center: 10253 - [MS06-004] Internet Explorer 5.01 and 5.5 Code Execution via Crafted WMF Files, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-0469

Entryinfo

Created: 02/13/2006 12:02
Updated: 06/25/2025 03:50
Changes: 02/13/2006 12:02 (88), 04/07/2017 12:01 (9), 03/12/2021 13:59 (2), 01/04/2025 18:29 (16), 06/25/2025 03:50 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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