Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Encrypted Pages 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 classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown function of the component Encrypted Pages Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Outlook 2002, and Outlook 2003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), if "Do not save encrypted pages to disk" is disabled, via a web site or HTML e-mail that contains two null characters (%00) after the host name.
The issue has been introduced in 08/27/2001. The weakness was presented 11/23/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-0284. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1184 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (15127).
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- end of life
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
08/27/2001 🔍02/10/2004 🔍
02/10/2004 🔍
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11/23/2004 🔍
11/23/2004 🔍
04/14/2015 🔍
05/07/2019 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2004-0284 (🔍)
X-Force: 15127
Vulnerability Center: 5623 - DoS in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and Microsoft Outlook 2002, 2003 via URL, Medium
SecurityFocus: 9629 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Double-Null URI Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 04/14/2015 18:11Updated: 05/07/2019 12:39
Changes: 04/14/2015 18:11 (58), 05/07/2019 12:39 (3)
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