Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 JavaScript META Tag denial of service
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component JavaScript. The manipulation as part of a META Tag leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via Javascript that creates a new popup window and disables the imagetoolbar functionality with a META tag, which triggers a null dereference.
The issue has been introduced in 03/22/2001. The weakness was shared 07/07/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0479. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1203 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading to version 7 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (16160). The entries 21932 and 21927 are related to this item.
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- end of life
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Internet Explorer 7
Timeline
03/22/2001 🔍05/14/2004 🔍
05/17/2004 🔍
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12/01/2004 🔍
12/05/2014 🔍
06/29/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2004-0479 (🔍)
X-Force: 16160
Vulnerability Center: 6247 - DoS in Microsoft Internet Explorer via Meta Tag, Medium
SecurityFocus: 10351
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Entry
Created: 12/05/2014 10:45Updated: 06/29/2021 19:41
Changes: 12/05/2014 10:45 (59), 04/07/2017 12:07 (1), 06/29/2021 19:41 (2)
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