Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 5.01 ActiveX Control memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 5.01 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-2383. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 5.01 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component ActiveX Control. 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 SP4 and 6 SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "unexpected data" related to "parameter validation" in the DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Light ActiveX control, which causes Internet Explorer to crash in a way that enables the code execution.

The weakness was presented 06/13/2006 by Will Dormann and Dan Plakosh (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2383. 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. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21685 (MS06-021: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (916281)), 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 100035 (Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer Missing (MS06-021)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 6516. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4461.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26768), Tenable (21685), SecurityFocus (BID 18303†), OSVDB (26444†) and Secunia (SA20595†). See VDB-2126, VDB-2289, VDB-2290 and VDB-2291 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 21685
Nessus Name: MS06-021: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (916281)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 6516
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Will Dormann, Dan Plakosh
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-2383 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2383
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30803

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X-Force: 26768
SecurityFocus: 18303 - Microsoft DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Light ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 20595
OSVDB: 26444 - Microsoft IE DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Light ActiveX Arbitrary Code Execution
Vulnerability Center: 32590 - [MS06-021] Internet Explorer DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Light ActiveX Control Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 06/22/2025 05:23
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (67), 05/07/2019 12:40 (14), 07/12/2021 13:50 (2), 07/12/2021 13:57 (1), 01/05/2025 03:29 (17), 06/22/2025 05:23 (2)
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