National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-5581

Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain DHTML script functions, such as normalize, and "incorrectly created elements" that trigger memory corruption, aka "DHTML Script Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#347448

Name: VU#347448

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347448

US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-346A

Name: TA06-346A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS06-072

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-072.mspx

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-048.html

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-048.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-121212-1201-99

Hyperlink:http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-121212-1201-99

External Source: BID

Name: 21546

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21546

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBST02180

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20061212 ZDI-06-048: Microsoft Internet Explorer normalize() Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/454210/100/0/threaded

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 30814

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/30814

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-4966

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/4966

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017373

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017373

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23288

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23288

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:116

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:116

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:116