Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - HREF Save As Denial of Service

EDB-ID:

24211

CVE:

N/A




Platform:

Windows

Date:

2004-06-15


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10552/info

A vulnerability is reported to exist in Internet Explorer that may allow an attacker to cause the application to crash. The issue presents itself when a user attempts to invoke the "Save As" option on a malicious HREF URI.

When this URI is processed the issue leads to a crash in the running instance of Internet Explorer and all windows spawned from this instance.

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