Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.5/6.0 Object Tag memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.5/6.0 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Object Tag Handler. The manipulation with the input value / leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via / (slash) characters in the Type property of an Object tag in a web page.

The issue has been introduced in 11/08/1999. The weakness was published 06/04/2003 by Drew Copley (DiGiT) with eEye Digital Security as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0344 since 05/28/2003. 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 as well as a public exploit are known.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at msgs.securepoint.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1304 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100002 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (MS03-020)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 3149. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 2047.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (12184), Tenable (10861) and Exploit-DB (37). Similar entries are available at 3, 45, 65 and 257.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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 Name: IE 5.01 5.5 6.0 Cumulative patch (890923)
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MetaSploit ID: ms03_020_ie_objecttype.rb
MetaSploit Name: MS03-020 Microsoft Internet Explorer Object Type
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Snort ID: 3149
Snort Message: BROWSER-IE Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 object type overflow attempt
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Drew Copley (DiGiT)
Organization: eEye Digital Security
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0344 (🔍)
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X-Force: 12184
Vulnerability Center: 2728 - [MS03-020] Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0, Medium
SecurityFocus: 7806 - Microsoft Internet Explorer OBJECT Tag Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 8943 - Internet Explorer Object Tag Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 2967 - Microsoft IE Object Type Property Overflow

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 08/12/2014 01:10
Updated: 06/28/2021 15:57
Changes: 08/12/2014 01:10 (94), 05/07/2019 12:39 (13), 06/28/2021 15:57 (3)
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