Explain CVE-2006-1359
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.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ct22-03-2006'}, {'name': '20060328 EEYE: Temporary workaround for IE createTextRange vulnerability', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429088/100/0/threaded'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1678', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1678'}, {'name': '20060328 Determina Fix for CVE-2006-1359 (Zero Day MS Internet Explorer Remote "CreateTextRange()" Code Execution)', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429124/30/6120/threaded'}, {'name': 'ADV-2006-1050', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1050'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:985', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A985'}, {'name': 'VU#876678', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_CERT-VN'], 'url': 'http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/876678'}, {'name': '24050', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_OSVDB'], 'url': 'http://www.osvdb.org/24050'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1178', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1178'}, {'name': '20060322 IE crash', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_FULLDISC'], 'url': 'http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1427.html'}, {'name': 'TA06-101A', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_CERT'], 'url': 'http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-101A.html'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1702', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1702'}, {'name': '18680', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/18680'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-7/advisory/'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1657', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1657'}, {'name': 'ie-createtextrange-command-execution(25379)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25379'}, {'name': '20060327 Determina Fix for the IE createTextRange() bug', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_FULLDISC'], 'url': 'http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1662.html'}, {'name': '1015812', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://securitytracker.com/id?1015812'}, {'name': 'MS06-013', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MS'], 'url': 'https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-013'}, {'name': '20060322 IE crash', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428441'}, {'name': '20060322 Microsoft Internet Explorer (mshtml.dll) - Remote Code Execution', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_FULLDISC'], 'url': 'http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1430.html'}, {'name': '20060322 FW: [Full-disclosure] IE crash', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_FULLDISC'], 'url': 'http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1434.html'}, {'name': '20060323 Secunia Research: Microsoft Internet Explorer "createTextRange()"Code Execution', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428600/100/0/threaded'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/917077.mspx'}, {'name': '17196', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17196'}, {'name': 'Q-154', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'government-resource', 'x_refsource_CIAC'], 'url': 'http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/q-154.shtml'}, {'name': 'ADV-2006-1318', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1318'}, {'name': '20060322 Microsoft Internet Explorer (mshtml.dll) - Remote Code Execution', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428583/100/0/threaded'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED