Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 Address Bar input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Address Bar. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to conduct phishing attacks by spoofing the address bar and other parts of the trust UI via unknown methods that allow "window content to persist" after the user has navigated to another site, aka the "Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability." NOTE: this is a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1626.

The weakness was disclosed 04/11/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityreason.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-1192. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21210 (MS06-013: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (912812)), 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 100034 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update Missing (MS06-013)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4303.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25557) and Tenable (21210). The entries 2089, 2102, 2110 and 2138 are pretty similar.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 21210
Nessus Name: MS06-013: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (912812)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityreason.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-1192 (🔍)
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X-Force: 25557
Vulnerability Center: 11056 - [MS06-013] Microsoft Internet Explorer Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability, Low
SecurityFocus: 17460

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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 07/08/2021 18:07
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (42), 05/07/2019 12:40 (26), 07/08/2021 17:51 (3), 07/08/2021 18:00 (2), 07/08/2021 18:07 (1)
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