Microsoft Windows up to XP/Server 2003 Drag / Drop memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to XP/Server 2003 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Drag / Drop Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via drag and drop events, aka the "Drag-and-Drop Vulnerability."

The weakness was released 02/08/2005 by http-equiv with Microsoft as MS05-008 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0053 since 01/11/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 111 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16324 (MS05-008: Vulnerability in Windows Shell (890047)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100024 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Update (MS05-014)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS05-008 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at update.microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 4166. In this case the pattern 8856F961-340A-11D0-A96B-00C04FD705A2 is used for detection.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19117) and Tenable (16324). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 1201, 1197 and 1202.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 16324
Nessus Name: MS05-008: Vulnerability in Windows Shell (890047)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS05-008

Snort ID: 4166
Snort Message: DELETED WEB-ACTIVEX Shell.Explorer ActiveX Object Access
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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS05-008
Researcher: http-equiv
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0053 (🔍)
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X-Force: 19117
SecurityFocus: 11466 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Valid File Drag and Drop Embedded Code Vulnerability
Secunia: 14190 - Microsoft Windows Drag and Drop Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 13608 - Microsoft IE Drag-and-Drop Privilege Escalation

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 02/10/2005 17:55
Updated: 03/10/2021 14:45
Changes: 02/10/2005 17:55 (93), 07/01/2019 11:06 (3), 03/10/2021 14:45 (2)
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