VDB-15719 · CVE-2000-0597 · XFDB 4842

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 VBA SaveAs privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function SaveAs of the component VBA. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Office 2000 (Excel and PowerPoint) and PowerPoint 97 are marked as safe for scripting, which allows remote attackers to force Internet Explorer or some email clients to save files to arbitrary locations via the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) SaveAs function, aka the "Office HTML Script" vulnerability.

The issue has been introduced in 11/08/1999. The weakness was shared 06/27/2000 by Georgi Guninski (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2000-0597. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 232 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 (4842). The entry 15718 is related to this item.

Productinfo

Type

Web Browser

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Internet Explorer

Version

5.01

License

commercial

Support

end of life

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/08/1999 🔍
06/27/2000 +232 days 🔍
06/27/2000 +0 days 🔍
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06/27/2000 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2004 +1366 days 🔍
06/25/2014 +3745 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +1017 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Georgi Guninski
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0597 (🔍)
X-Force: 4842
Vulnerability Center: 4027 - [MS00-049] Microsoft Office 2000/97 with Internet Explorer ActiveX Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 1399

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Entryinfo

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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