Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Table denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument Table with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a table with a frameset as a child, which triggers a null dereference, as demonstrated using the appendChild method.

The weakness was presented 07/06/2006 by Aviv Raff (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-3471 since 07/10/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/02/2019). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (27592). See 31214 for similar entry.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Aviv Raff
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-3471 (🔍)
X-Force: 27592 - Microsoft Internet Explorer table.frameset appendChild() denial of service
SecurityFocus: 18873 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Table Frameset Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 26837 - Microsoft IE Frameset inside Table NULL Dereference
Vupen: ADV-2006-2701

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 05/02/2019 07:13
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (58), 05/02/2019 07:13 (7)
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