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Sid
17580

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in ie.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. 

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Detailed Information:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via HTML elements with a certain crafted tag, which leads to memory corruption.

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Affected Systems:
microsoft ie 5.1
microsoft ie 5.1
microsoft ie 5.2.3
microsoft ie 5.2.3
microsoft ie 5.5
microsoft ie 5.5
microsoft ie 5.5
microsoft ie 6
microsoft ie 6
microsoft ie 6
microsoft ie 6
microsoft ie 6
microsoft ie 6
microsoft ie 6
microsoft ie 6
microsoft ie 6.0
microsoft ie 6.0
microsoft ie 6.0
microsoft ie 6.0
microsoft ie 6.0.2600
microsoft ie 6.0.2800
microsoft ie 6.0.2800.1106
microsoft ie 6.0.2900.2180

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Medium.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2006-1188:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2006-1188
  
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