CVE-2006-4494

Description

Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code by instantiating certain Visual Studio 6.0 ActiveX COM Objects in Internet Explorer, including (1) tcprops.dll, (2) fp30wec.dll, (3) mdt2db.dll, (4) mdt2qd.dll, and (5) vi30aut.dll.

Affected products

• microsoft / visual_studio6.0 – 6.0
• microsoft / visual_studio6.0 – 6.0

Exploits & proofs of concept

• exploit-dbMicrosoft Internet Explorer 6 - Visual Studio COM Object Instantiation Denial of Serviceby XSec

References

• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443499/100/100/threaded
• MISChttp://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=releases&act=view&type=1&id=15
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19572
• MISChttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/1473