Microsoft Outlook Recipient ActiveX Control Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1017397 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1017397
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2006-6659
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: May 22 2008
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Original Entry Date: Dec 19 2006
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Exploit Included: Yes
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Microsoft Outlook. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can create specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will invoke a Microsoft Outlook ActiveX component (Outlook Recipient Control) and cause Internet Explorer to hang.
shinnai reported this vulnerability.
The original advisory and a demonstration exploit is available at:
http://shinnai.altervista.org/viewtopic.php?id=41&t_id=8
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Impact:
A remote user can create HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will cause Internet Explorer to hang.
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Solution:
No solution was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: www.microsoft.com/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Exception handling error
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Underlying OS:
Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:41:53 -0500
Subject: Microsoft Office Outlook Recipient Control (ole32.dll) Denial of Service
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http://shinnai.altervista.org/viewtopic.php?id=41&t_id=8
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