Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.5/6.0 CSS input privileges management
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.5/6.0 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component CSS Handler. The manipulation of the argument input
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. The summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 does not properly check the Cascading Style Sheet input parameter for Modal dialogs, which allows remote attackers to read files on the local system via a web page containing script that creates a dialog and then accesses the target files, aka "Modal Dialog script execution."
The issue has been introduced in 11/08/1999. The weakness was disclosed 05/12/2003 by Liu Die Yu (Dieyu) as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0116. 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 are known, but no exploit is 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 1281 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.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11849) and Tenable (10861). The entries 3, 45, 257 and 378 are pretty similar.
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Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
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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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Timeline
11/08/1999 🔍12/03/2002 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Liu Die Yu (Dieyu)
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2003-0116 (🔍)
X-Force: 11849
Vulnerability Center: 5355 - [MS03-015] Internet Explorer 5.01*, 5.5*, 6.0* Allows Reading Files via Modal Dialogs, Medium
SecurityFocus: 6306 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Dialog Style Same Origin Policy Bypass Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 08/11/2014 23:46Updated: 06/28/2021 14:36
Changes: 08/11/2014 23:46 (71), 05/07/2019 12:39 (5), 06/28/2021 14:31 (2), 06/28/2021 14:36 (2)
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