Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 User Profile privileges management
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 (Web Browser). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component User Profile Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was released 11/07/2003 by Liu Die Yu as MS03-048 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-0817 since 09/18/2003. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100003 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update Not Installed (MS03-048)).
Applying the patch MS03-048 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com.
Additional details are provided at astalavista.ch. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 375, 377, 378 and 21525.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Patch: MS03-048
Timeline
09/18/2003 🔍11/07/2003 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS03-048
Researcher: Liu Die Yu
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2003-0817 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 9012 - Microsoft Internet Explorer XML Object Zone Restriction Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 10157 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Local Zone Access, Moderately Critical
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Entry
Created: 11/10/2003 11:26Updated: 03/09/2021 07:51
Changes: 11/10/2003 11:26 (55), 04/07/2017 12:00 (10), 03/09/2021 07:45 (2), 03/09/2021 07:51 (7)
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