A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash a vulnerable browser or take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in the Microsoft Vector Graphics Rendering library (Vgx.dll) when processing Vector Markup Language (VML) documents containing a "rect" shape with an overly long "fill" method, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands by convincing a user to visit a malicious Web page.
FrSIRT has successfully exploited this vulnerability on a fully patched Windows XP SP2 system.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Sunbelt Software
ChangeLog
2006-09-19 : Initial release
2006-09-19 : Microsoft Security Advisory (925568)
2006-09-26 : Updated Solution (MS06-055)
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