#VU6792 Denial of service in Windows
Published: May 29, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6792
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Windows
Windows
Software vendor:
Microsoft
Microsoft
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to incorrect filtration of input data. A remote attacker can create HTML containing a specially crafted file reference (to c:\$MFT\) that, when loaded by the target user via Internet Explorer (and possibly other browsers), will cause the target system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to incorrect filtration of input data. A remote attacker can create HTML containing a specially crafted file reference (to c:\$MFT\) that, when loaded by the target user via Internet Explorer (and possibly other browsers), will cause the target system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official patch addressing the vulnerability.