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Microsoft Internet Explorer Outlook View Control Client-Side Denial of Service Vulnerability |
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Title : Microsoft Internet Explorer Outlook View Control Client-Side Denial of Service Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2006-2915
CVE ID : CVE-2006-3910
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-07-21
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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 a NULL pointer dereference error in the Outlook View Control "Outlctl.dll" when processing a "NewDefaultItem()" 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/2006/2915
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-20-ovctl-newdefaultitem.html
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Alfredo Melloni
ChangeLog
2006-07-21 : Initial release
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