Microsoft Internet Explorer fails to properly handle double-byte characters in specially crafted URLs

Overview

Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) fails to properly handle double-byte characters in URLs, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Description

IE fails to properly handle double-byte characters in URLs. When a specially crafted HTML file is opened in IE, system memory can be corrupted in a way that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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Impact

By convincing a user to access a specially crafted web page with IE, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

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Solution

Apply an update

This issue is addressed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-013.

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Vendor Information

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Updated: April 11, 2006

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

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Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Please see Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-013.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23341028 Feedback>).

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References

<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-013.mspx&gt;

Acknowledgements

This vulnerability was disclosed by Microsoft, who in turn credit Sowhat of Nevis Labs with reporting the issue.

This document was written by Will Dormann.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2006-1189
Severity Metric:	32.40 Date Public: