Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation 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. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser hang) via JavaScript that matches a regular expression against a long string, as demonstrated using /(.)*/.

The issue has been introduced in 07/27/2005. The weakness was published 04/17/2007 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-2161 since 04/22/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 629 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 X-Force (33715) and OSVDB (43314†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

07/27/2005 🔍
04/17/2007 +629 days 🔍
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04/22/2007 +4 days 🔍
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11/28/2007 +220 days 🔍
03/13/2015 +2661 days 🔍
07/14/2021 +2315 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-2161 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2161
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36305
X-Force: 33715
OSVDB: 43314 - Microsoft IE JavaScript Long String Regex Match Remote DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 02:56 PM
Updated: 07/14/2021 12:12 PM
Changes: 03/13/2015 02:56 PM (50), 05/07/2019 12:41 PM (2), 07/14/2021 12:12 PM (7)
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