Microsoft Internet Explorer GIF File explorer.exe denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer (Web Browser) (affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown functionality of the file explorer.exe of the component GIF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a certain GIF file, as demonstrated by Art.gif.

The weakness was disclosed 07/24/2007 (Website). The advisory is available at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-3958 since 07/24/2007. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (35538). The entry 38227 is pretty similar.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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07/21/2021 +2320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-3958 (🔍)
X-Force: 35538 - Microsoft Windows Explorer GIF denial of service
SecurityFocus: 25013 - Microsoft Windows Explorer GIF File Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 43773

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

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/21/2021 10:23
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (49), 04/07/2017 12:08 (4), 07/21/2021 10:17 (1), 07/21/2021 10:23 (7)
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