Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 ActiveX Object denial of service
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component ActiveX Object. The manipulation with an unknown input 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. CVE summarizes:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by setting the Filter property of an ADODB.Recordset ActiveX object to certain values multiple times, which triggers a null dereference.
The issue has been introduced in 03/22/2001. The weakness was released 07/01/2006 by H D Moore (Website). The advisory is shared for download at browserfun.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-3354 since 07/05/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.
The exploit is available at metasploit.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1927 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 (27596).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timeline
03/22/2001 🔍07/01/2006 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: browserfun.blogspot.com
Researcher: H D Moore
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2006-3354 (🔍)
X-Force: 27596
SecurityFocus: 18773 - Microsoft Internet Explorer ADODB.Recordset Filter Property Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 26834 - Microsoft IE ADODB.Recordset COM Object Filter Property NULL Dereference
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 14:25Updated: 05/07/2019 12:40
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (56), 05/07/2019 12:40 (8)
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