Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 7 HTML Object resource management
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 7 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component HTML Object Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "unexpected method calls to HTML objects," aka "DHTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
The weakness was shared 12/11/2007 by Peter Vreugdenhil as MS07-069 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-5347 since 10/10/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29313 (MS07-069: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (942615)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100054 (Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS07-069)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS07-069 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 16065. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9019.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38716) and Tenable (29313). eweek.com is providing further details. The entries 3506, 3502, 3507 and 3508 are related to this item.
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 29313
Nessus Name: MS07-069: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (942615)
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OpenVAS ID: 801707
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer mshtml.dll Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability (942615)
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Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS07-069
Researcher: Peter Vreugdenhil
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2007-5347 (🔍)
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X-Force: 38716 - Microsoft Internet Explorer DHTML object code execution, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1019078 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Object Access Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 17092 - [MS07-069] Microsoft Internet Explorer DHTML Object Memory Corruption Allows Code Execution and DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 26427 - Microsoft Internet Explorer DHTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 28036 - Internet Explorer Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 39121 - Microsoft IE DHTML Object Memory Corruption
Vupen: ADV-2007-4184
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Created: 12/18/2007 17:25Updated: 03/16/2021 09:55
Changes: 12/18/2007 17:25 (96), 04/07/2017 12:01 (12), 03/16/2021 09:55 (4)
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