Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 Cookie cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. 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 steal potentially sensitive information from cookies via a cookie that contains script which is executed when a page is loaded, aka the "Script within Cookies Reading Cookies" vulnerability.

The issue has been introduced in 07/08/2000. The weakness was shared 06/09/2003 as MS02-023 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1564 since 05/29/2003. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1066 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying the patch MS02-023 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 (9090). The entries 18150, 18151, 18152 and 18153 are related to this item.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Patch: MS02-023

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07/08/2000 🔍
05/15/2002 +675 days 🔍
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05/29/2003 +379 days 🔍
06/09/2003 +11 days 🔍
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12/09/2003 +183 days 🔍
08/11/2014 +3898 days 🔍
06/28/2021 +2513 days 🔍

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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS02-023
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-1564 (🔍)
X-Force: 9090
Vulnerability Center: 3123 - [MS02-023] Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 Allow Information Leakage, Medium
SecurityFocus: 4754

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Created: 08/12/2014 00:45
Updated: 06/28/2021 14:50
Changes: 08/12/2014 00:45 (62), 04/07/2017 12:07 (2), 06/28/2021 14:50 (3)
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