Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 Asynchronous Event privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Asynchronous Event 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. The summary by CVE is:

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass restrictions for executing scripts via an object that processes asynchronous events after the initial security checks have been made.

The issue has been introduced in 07/08/2000. The weakness was presented 03/08/2002 with Microsoft as MS02-005 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 608 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10861 (MS02-005: MSIE 5.01 5.5 6.0 Cumulative Patch (890923)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.

Applying the patch MS02-005 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8120) and Tenable (10861). See 3, 45, 257 and 378 for similar entries.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 10861
Nessus Name: MS02-005: MSIE 5.01 5.5 6.0 Cumulative Patch (890923)
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OpenVAS ID: 10861
OpenVAS Name: IE 5.01 5.5 6.0 Cumulative patch (890923)
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Patch: MS02-005

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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS02-005
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-0026 (🔍)
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X-Force: 8120
Vulnerability Center: 865 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Forced Script Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 4082

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Created: 07/11/2014 13:39
Updated: 06/27/2021 09:19
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:39 (73), 04/07/2017 12:06 (1), 06/27/2021 09:19 (3)
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