National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-4687

Overview

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted layout combinations involving DIV tags and HTML CSS float properties that trigger memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-318A

Name: TA06-318A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.html

US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#197852

Name: VU#197852

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/197852

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-4505

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/4505

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-041.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-041.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS06-067

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-067.mspx

External Source: XF

Name: ie-layout-code-execution(29199)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29199

External Source: BID

Name: 21020

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21020

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20061114 ZDI-06-041: Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS Float Property Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/451590/100/100/threaded

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 31323

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/31323

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017223

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017223

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:456

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:456

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:456