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Sid
17726

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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:
  Loss of integrity. 

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Detailed Information:
Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar and possibly conduct phishing attacks by re-opening the window to a malicious Shockwave Flash application, then changing the window location back to a trusted URL while the Flash application is still loading.  NOTE: this is a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1192.

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Affected Systems:
microsoft ie 6

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Difficult.

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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-2006-1626:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2006-1626
  
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