A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Outlook Express, which could be exploited by remote attackers to bypass security restrictions and gain knowledge of sensitive information. This flaw is due to an origin validation error when handling "mhtml:" URL redirections, which could be exploited by remote attackers to read content and data served from another domain in the context of a malicious web page [...]
Solution
Disable Active Scripting in the Internet and Local intranet security zones :
- In Internet Explorer, click Internet Options on the Tools menu
- Click the Security tab
- Click Internet, and then click Custom Level
- Under Settings, in the Scripting section, under Active Scripting, click Disable, and then click OK
- Click Local intranet, and then click Custom Level
- Under Settings, in the Scripting section, under Active Scripting, click Disable, and then click OK
- If you are prompted to confirm that you want to change these settings, click Yes
- Click OK to return to Internet Explorer
Note : Disabling Active Scripting may cause some Web sites to work incorrectly.
FrSIRT is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by codedreamer
ChangeLog
2006-04-27 : Initial release
2006-10-19 : Updated Affected Products
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