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Microsoft Internet Explorer Office Web Components Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability |
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Title : Microsoft Internet Explorer Office Web Components Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2006-2883 CVE ID : CVE-2006-3729
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-07-19
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A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to an error in the Office Web components when processing a "DataSourceControl" object with a specially crafted "getDataMemberName()" method, which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable browser by tricking a user into visiting a malicious web page [...]
References
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/2883 http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-19-datasourcecontrol.html
Credits
Vulnerability reported by H.D. Moore
ChangeLog
2006-07-19 : Initial release
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