>> Microsoft Internet Explorer Outlook View Control Client-Side Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : Microsoft Internet Explorer Outlook View Control Client-Side Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-2915 CVE ID : CVE-2006-3910
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-07-21
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the Outlook View Control "Outlctl.dll" when processing a "NewDefaultItem()" method, which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable browser by tricking a user into visiting a malicious web page.
Note : Only systems with Microsoft Outlook (Office) installed are vulnerable.
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