A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to an error in Windows Explorer that does not properly handle certain COM objects, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by convincing a user to visit a web page that could force a connection to a remote file server containing specially crafted files and directories that invoke malicious code.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by NISCC
ChangeLog
2006-04-11 : Initial release
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