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Rhino
04-25-2006, 07:56 AM
Secunia Advisory: SA19762
Release Date: 2006-04-25

Critical: Highly critical
Impact: System access

Where: From remote

Solution Status: Unpatched

Software: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x

Description:
Michal Zalewski has discovered a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a users system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the processing of certain sequences of nested "object" HTML tags. This can be exploited to corrupt memory by tricking a user into visiting a malicious web site.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability has been confirmed on a fully patched system with Internet Explorer 6.0 and Microsoft Windows XP SP2. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Do not visit untrusted web sites...........http://secunia.com/advisories/19762/

No patch yet.