Microsoft Internet Explorer daxctle.ocx spline memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The impacted element is the function spline of the file daxctle.ocx. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2006-4446. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer (Web Browser) (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function spline of the file daxctle.ocx. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 08/27/2006 by nop (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xsec.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-4446. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at downloads.securityfocus.com. It is declared as attacked. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23644 (MS06-067: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (922760)), 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 100038 (Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS06-067)).

Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 8053.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28608), Zero-Day.cz (397), Tenable (23644), SecurityFocus (BID 19738†) and OSVDB (28841†). The entries VDB-2542, VDB-32277 and VDB-33245 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Attacked
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Nessus ID: 23644
Nessus Name: MS06-067: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (922760)
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Snort ID: 8053

Suricata ID: 2003103
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: xsec.org
Researcher: nop
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-4446 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4446
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84652

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X-Force: 28608 - Microsoft Internet Explorer daxctle.ocx denial of service
SecurityFocus: 19738 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Daxctle.OCX Spline Method Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 21910
OSVDB: 28841 - Microsoft IE daxctle.ocx Spline Function Call Overflow

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/08/2016 20:02
Updated: 06/16/2025 03:28
Changes: 05/08/2016 20:02 (66), 04/07/2017 12:15 (5), 08/04/2022 19:50 (3), 08/04/2022 19:58 (1), 07/21/2024 22:00 (22), 06/16/2025 03:28 (4)
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