source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13117/info
Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote buffer overflow vulnerability when handling malformed Content Advisor files. An attacker can exploit this issue by crafting a Content Advisor file with excessive data and arbitrary machine code to be processed by the browser.
A typical attack would involve the attacker creating a Web site that includes the malicious file. A similar attack can also be carried out through HTML email using Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express applications.
It should be noted that successful exploitation requires the user to follow various steps to install a malicious file.
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* Ms05-020 Content Advisor Memory Corruption Vulnerability POC
*
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* Exploit by : Miguel Tarasc� Acu�a - Haxorcitos.com 2004/2005
* Tarako AT gmail.com
*
* Credits:
* Andres Tarasc� (atarasco _at_ sia.es) has discovered this vulnerability
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* Platforms afected/tested:
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* - Windows 2000 SP2 Spanish
* - Windows 2000 SP3 Spanish
* - Windows 2000 SP4 Spanish