Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system.
The first issue is caused by an error when parsing specially crafted CSS strings, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.
The second vulnerability is caused by an error in the Microsoft Visual Basic 6 ActiveX control, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.
The third issue is caused by a memory corruption error in the Microsoft Visual Basic 6 ActiveX control when processing malformed data, which could be exploited by malicious web sites to compromise a vulnerable system.
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by NSFocus Security Team and Brett Moore (Security-Assessment).
ChangeLog
2007-08-14 : Initial release
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