CVE-2007-0099
HIGH severity · CVSS 9.3 · CWE-362
9.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
Race condition in the msxml3 module in Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, as used in Internet Explorer 6 and other applications, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via many nested tags in an XML document in an IFRAME, when synchronous document rendering is frequently disrupted with asynchronous events, as demonstrated using a JavaScript timer, which can trigger NULL pointer dereferences or memory corruption, aka "MSXML Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)24%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23655Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0113.html
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=2004
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/32627
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jan/0110.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021164
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455965/100/0/threaded