Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1/6.0 SP2 null pointer dereference

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1/6.0 SP2 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 on Windows 2000, and 6.0 SP2 on Windows XP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an HTML document containing a certain JavaScript for loop with an empty loop body, possibly involving getElementById.

The issue has been introduced in 09/09/2002. The weakness was published 02/05/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at powerhacker.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-0811 since 02/07/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by AmesianX and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1611 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (3272), SecurityFocus (BID 22408†) and OSVDB (37636†). Similar entries are available at VDB-160838, VDB-160888, VDB-160935 and VDB-164632.

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: AmesianX
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: powerhacker.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-0811 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 22408 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Malformed HTML For Script Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 37636 - Microsoft IE Crafted JavaScript for Loop Null Pointer DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/13/2015 12:16 PM
Updated: 08/22/2024 04:26 AM
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 PM (49), 05/07/2019 12:41 PM (10), 07/13/2021 10:48 AM (7), 08/22/2024 04:26 AM (15)
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