Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6.0 SP1 Object Tag data privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6.0 SP1 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Object Tag Handler. The manipulation of the argument data 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Internet Explorer 5.01 SP3 through 6.0 SP1 does not properly determine object types that are returned by web servers, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an object tag with a data parameter to a malicious file hosted on a server that returns an unsafe Content-Type, aka the "Object Type" vulnerability.

The weakness was published 08/27/2003 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0532 since 07/08/2003. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100001 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (MS03-032)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 2340.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (13364). Similar entries are available at 248 and 266.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0532 (🔍)
X-Force: 13364
Vulnerability Center: 1778 - [MS03-032] Microsoft Internet Explorer Wrong Validation of Object Type Enables Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 8456

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Created: 08/15/2014 00:24
Updated: 05/07/2019 12:39
Changes: 08/15/2014 00:24 (68), 05/07/2019 12:39 (1)
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