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Ask the Team  Mailing Lists  Advertising Info  Advisories  About SecuriTeam  Blogs Brought to you by: Suppliers of: Website Testing Tools Network Testing Tools Software Testing Tools SecuriTeam in Your Inbox New vulnerability? New tool? Tell us (Our PGP key). CanSecWest 2012 2nd Annual Cyber Security Hack In Paris	Internet Explorer 6 ComponentFromPoint() Memory Disclosure and Code Execution 17 Oct. 2008    Summary There is a bug in Internet Explorer 6 JavaScript implementation enabling remote memory disclosure and remote code execution. The vulnerability is caused by improper implementation of componentFromPoint() method of XML object.   Credit: The information has been provided by Ivan Fratric. The original article can be found at: http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2008/10/internet-explorer-6-componentfrompoint.html Website Security Scan Code Vulnerability Test Network Assessment Tool Detect hidden vulnerabilities Exhaustive automated testing Real-time, continuous security Get guidance from professionals of internal or 3rd party code. scanning for your entire network    Details Protect your website! Use an External Vulnerability Scanner! Nothing to install. First report in 1 hour! www.beyondsecurity.com/vulnerability-scanner The vulnerability is triggered by errornous behavior of componentFromPoint() method when invoked on a newly created xml object. Impact: This vulnerability can be used (trivially) to remotely disclose Internet Explorer's memory when a victim visits a specially crafted web page or (less trivially) to achieve remote code execution when a victim visits a specially crafted web page. References: http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2008/10/internet-explorer-6-componentfrompoint.html http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-069/ http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-058.mspx CVE Information: CVE-2008-3475  Comments: blog comments powered by Disqus	All Sections Security News Unix focus Exploits Tools Windows focus Security Reviews  Related Articles Novell Zenworks Software Packaging LaunchHelp.dll Code Execution Vulnerability Novell ZENWorks Software Packaging Antique ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerability Microsoft Internet Explorer swapNode Handling Code Execution Vulnerability Microsoft Internet Explorer Select Element Insufficient Type Checking Code Execution Vulnerability Internet Explorer Select Element Cache Code Execution Vulnerability Microsoft Office Graph DataFormat Signed Index Code Execution Vulnerability Microsoft Office Excel Conditional Expression Ptg Type Confusion Vulnerability Microsoft Internet Explorer Protected Mode Bypass Vulnerability Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 STYLE Object Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability Microsoft Internet Explorer XSLT SetViewSlave Code Execution Vulnerability CA Total Defense Suite Gateway Security Malformed HTTP Packet Code Execution Vulnerability HP Easy Printer Care XMLSimpleAccessor Class ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerability TrendMicro Control Manager CASProcessor.exe BLOB Code Execution Vulnerability Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation vxsvc.exe Unicode Code Execution Vulnerability HP iNode Management Center iNodeMngChecker.exe Code Execution Vulnerability  Featured Articles ProFTPD Response Pool Use-After-Free Code Execution Vulnerability HP Data Protector Notebook Extension LogClientInstallation SQL Injection Vulnerabilty GE Proficy Historian ihDataArchiver.exe Trusted Header Size Code Execution Vulnerability Novell ZENWorks Software Packaging Antique ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerability Adobe Reader U3D IFF RGBA Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability Adobe Reader U3D PCX Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability Cisco Unified Service Monitor brstart add_dm Code Execution Vulnerability
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