CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-1359

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted createTextRange call on a checkbox object, resulting in a dereference of an invalid table pointer.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization includes remote code execution by an attacker, potentially leading to system compromise, data loss, or service disruption.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update Internet Explorer to the latest available version and apply security patches released by Microsoft.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a certain createTextRange call on a checkbox object, which results in a dereference of an invalid table pointer.

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