Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x Access Database File privileges management

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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Access Database File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Internet Explorer 5.x does not warn a user before opening a Microsoft Access database file that is referenced within ActiveX OBJECT tags in an HTML document, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands, aka the "IE Script" vulnerability.

The issue has been introduced in 06/02/1998. The weakness was presented 06/27/2000 by Georgi Guninski as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at cert.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2000-0596. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 756 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (4841). See 15719 for similar entry.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: cert.org
Researcher: Georgi Guninski
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0596 (🔍)
X-Force: 4841
Vulnerability Center: 4318 - [MS00-049] Microsoft Internet Explorer Script Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 1398 - Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and Access 2000 / 97 VBA Code Execution Vulnerability

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Created: 06/25/2014 14:45
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:06
Changes: 06/25/2014 14:45 (44), 04/07/2017 12:06 (20)
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