Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 Drag / Drop Media File unknown vulnerability
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Drag / Drop Media File Handler. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:
Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the "Related Topics" command in the Help ActiveX Control (hhctrl.ocx) to open a Help popup window containing the PCHealth tools.htm file in the local zone and injecting Javascript to be executed, as demonstrated using "writehta.txt" and the ADODB recordset, which saves a .HTA file to the local system, aka the "HTML Help ActiveX control Cross Domain Vulnerability."
The weakness was disclosed 01/07/2005 by http-equiv and Andreas Sandblad (Paul) with Secunia (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-1043 since 11/17/2004. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 34 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16123 (MS05-001: HTML Help Code Execution (890175)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 3148.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18311), Tenable (16123) and Exploit-DB (719). The entries 916, 1099, 1098 and 22650 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: UnknownCWE: Unknown
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 16123
Nessus Name: MS05-001: HTML Help Code Execution (890175)
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com
Snort ID: 3148
Snort Message: OS-WINDOWS Microsoft Windows HTML Help hhctrl.ocx clsid access attempt
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Timeline
11/17/2004 🔍11/27/2004 🔍
11/28/2004 🔍
12/31/2004 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: http-equiv, Andreas Sandblad (Paul)
Organization: Secunia
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2004-1043 (🔍)
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X-Force: 18311
SecurityFocus: 11770 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Drag and Drop Vulnerability
Secunia: 12889 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 12840 - Microsoft Windows HTML Help Related Topics Arbitrary Command Execution
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 01/10/2005 13:40Updated: 03/10/2021 12:57
Changes: 01/10/2005 13:40 (70), 04/07/2017 12:01 (12), 03/10/2021 12:52 (8), 03/10/2021 12:57 (1)
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