Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-2434 - Denial-Of-Service vulnerability in Microsoft IE 6.0
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a link with "::{" (colon colon left brace), which triggers a null dereference when the user attempts to save the link using "Save As" and Internet Explorer prepares an error message with an attacker-controlled format string.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
---|---|---|
Application | 1 |
Exploit-Db
description | MS Internet Explorer Remote Null Pointer Crash (mshtml.dll). CVE-2004-2434. Dos exploit for windows platform |
id | EDB-ID:376 |
last seen | 2016-01-31 |
modified | 2004-08-04 |
published | 2004-08-04 |
reporter | N/A |
source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/376/ |
title | Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Null Pointer Crash mshtml.dll |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0397.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-06/0428.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1126.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010491
- http://www.osvdb.org/8335
- http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5IP020KDPU.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16420