Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 Terminal Service tsuserex.dll memory corruption
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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block in the library tsuserex.dll of the component Terminal Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The Terminal Services COM object (tsuserex.dll) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by instantiating it as an ActiveX object in Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 on Microsoft Windows 2003 EE SP1 CN.
The issue has been introduced in 09/09/2002. The weakness was published 08/18/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xsec.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-4219 since 08/18/2006. 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.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1439 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (28444).
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: xsec.org
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2006-4219 (🔍)
X-Force: 28444
Vulnerability Center: 13118 - Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Terminal Services COM Object Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 19570 - Microsoft Internet Explorer TSUserEX.DLL ActiveX Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 15:51Updated: 05/07/2019 12:41
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (58), 05/07/2019 12:41 (11)
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