Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6.0 IMG Tag File information disclosure
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6.0 (Web Browser). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component IMG Tag Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (File). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
Internet Explorer 5.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files on the client via an IMG tag with a dynsrc property that references the target file, which sets certain elements of the image object such as file size.
The weakness was released 08/12/2002 by GreyMagic as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2002-0500. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 2950.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (8658).
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- end of life
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Name: FileClass: Information disclosure / File
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
03/27/2002 🔍03/27/2002 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: GreyMagic
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2002-0500 (🔍)
X-Force: 8658 - Microsoft Internet Explorer DYNSRC information disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 5499 - Microsoft Internet Explorer DYNSRC IMG Tag Reveals File Information, Medium
SecurityFocus: 4371 - Microsoft Internet Explorer DYNSRC File Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 07/22/2014 22:11Updated: 05/07/2019 12:38
Changes: 07/22/2014 22:11 (67), 05/07/2019 12:38 (1)
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