Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-5162 - Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
wininet.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unhandled exception and crash) via a long Content-Type header, which triggers a stack overflow.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
---|---|---|
Application | 12 |
Exploit-Db
description | MS Internet Explorer 6 (Content-Type) Stack Overflow Crash. CVE-2006-5162. Dos exploit for windows platform |
file | exploits/windows/dos/2039.pl |
id | EDB-ID:2039 |
last seen | 2016-01-31 |
modified | 2006-07-20 |
platform | windows |
port | |
published | 2006-07-20 |
reporter | Firestorm |
source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/2039/ |
title | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Content-Type Stack Overflow Crash |
type | dos |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0379.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19092
- http://www.osvdb.org/29129
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1683
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2917
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27900
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2039