Microsoft Internet Explorer MHTMLFile Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	19013
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 17 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 18 2006 08:23PM
Credit:	H D Moore is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable:	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 - do not use
Not Vulnerable:

Microsoft Internet Explorer MHTMLFile Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Internet Explorer is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

The problem occurs when the application is used to view a malicious URI or webpage consisting of a malformed MHTMLfile element.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash Internet Explorer and deny service to the user.

Internet Explorer 6 SP2 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be vulnerable.

Microsoft Internet Explorer MHTMLFile Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The following proof of concept is available.

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/MicrosoftIEDenialofServiceMHTMLJuly172006.txt

Microsoft Internet Explorer MHTMLFile Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

Microsoft Internet Explorer MHTMLFile Denial Of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Home Page (Microsoft)