CVE-2007-0217
HIGH severity · CVSS 10
10CVSS HIGH
Summary
The wininet.dll FTP client code in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an FTP server response of a specific length that causes a terminating null byte to be written outside of a buffer, which causes heap corruption.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)58%
AV:N/AC:L/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://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=473
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24156
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/613564
- http://www.osvdb.org/31892
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462303/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22489
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017642
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html