Microsoft System Information ActiveX control ActiveX Control msinfo.dll savefile category denial of service
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft System Information ActiveX control (version now known). Affected by this issue is the function savefile
in the library msinfo.dll of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation of the argument category
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:
System Information ActiveX control (msinfo.dll), when accessed via Microsoft Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SaveFile function with a long (1) computer and possibly (2) filename and (3) category argument.
The weakness was published 07/03/2006 by c0ntex (Website). The advisory is available at osvdb.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-4627 since 09/07/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Similar entry is available at VDB-110747.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
07/03/2006 🔍07/26/2006 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: osvdb.org⛔
Researcher: c0ntex
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2006-4627 (🔍)
OSVDB: 28381 - Microsoft IE ActiveX SaveFile Handling DoS
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Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 15:51Updated: 09/24/2017 10:10
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (45), 09/24/2017 10:10 (7)
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