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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the component Frame Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 does not properly verify the domain of a frame within a browser window, which allows remote attackers to read client files or invoke executable objects via the Object tag, aka "Cross Domain Verification in Object Tag."
The issue has been introduced in 07/08/2000. The weakness was released 09/24/2002 by Thor Larholm as MS02-047 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-0723. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. 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 808 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
Applying the patch MS02-047 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (9537). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 18767, 18768, 18769 and 18770.
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Patch: MS02-047
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS02-047
Researcher: Thor Larholm
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2002-0723 (🔍)
X-Force: 9537
Vulnerability Center: 3147 - [MS02-047] Internet Explorer Allows Attackers to Read Client Files or Invoke Objects via the Object, Medium
SecurityFocus: 5196
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Entry
Created: 07/23/2014 10:59Updated: 04/07/2017 12:07
Changes: 07/23/2014 10:59 (65), 04/07/2017 12:07 (3)
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