A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to a memory corruption error in the rendering of Windows Metafile (WMF) images containing a specially crafted header size, which could be exploited by attackers to remotely take complete control of an affected system by convincing a user to open a malicious email attachment or visit a specially crafted Web page that is designed to automatically exploit this vulnerability through Internet Explorer.
ChangeLog
2006-02-08 : Initial release
2006-02-14 : MS06-004 released
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