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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:241 Version: 1  Last Modified: 2004-07-30
Title: Scob and Toofer Internet Explorer v5.5,SP2 Vulnerabilities
Description: The WebBrowser ActiveX control, or the Internet Explorer HTML rendering engine (MSHTML), as used in Internet Explorer 6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the Local Security context by using the showModalDialog method and modifying the location to execute code such as Javascript, as demonstrated using (1) delayed HTTP redirect operations, and an HTTP response with a Location: header containing a "URL:" prepended to a "ms-its" protocol URI, or (2) modifying the location attribute of the window, as exploited by the Download.ject (aka Scob aka Toofer) using the ADODB.Stream object.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Status: ACCEPTED Reference(s): CVE-2004-0549
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows ME
Microsoft Windows NT
Microsoft Windows 2000
Product(s): Microsoft Internet Explorer
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