A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft XML Core Services, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a memory corruption error in the XMLHTTP ActiveX Control when processing specially crafted arguments passed to a "setRequestHeader()" method, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into visiting a malicious Web page.
FrSIRT has confirmed this vulnerability on a fully patched Windows XP SP2 system with Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0.
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Vulnerability reported by the vendor
ChangeLog
2006-11-04 : Initial release
2006-11-14 : Updated Solution
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