Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 Subframe access control

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Subframe Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 SP1 allows remote attackers to bypass zone restrictions via a javascript protocol URL in a sub-frame, which is added to the history list and executed in the top window s zone when the history.back (back) function is called, as demonstrated by BackToFramedJpu, aka the "Travel Log Cross Domain Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 11/25/2003 by Liu Die Yu (Website). The advisory is shared for download at safecenter.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-1026 since 01/07/2004. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is possible to download the exploit at safecenter.net. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11492 (Sambar Server Multiple Script XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100004 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update Not Installed (MS04-004)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1497.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13847), Tenable (11492), SecurityFocus (BID 9109†), OSVDB (7890†) and Secunia (SA10289†). Additional details are provided at clik.to. The entries VDB-93, VDB-104, VDB-107 and VDB-157 are pretty similar.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 11492
Nessus Name: Sambar Server Multiple Script XSS
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OpenVAS ID: 10861
OpenVAS Name: IE 5.01 5.5 6.0 Cumulative patch (890923)
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Snort ID: 1497

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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: safecenter.net
Researcher: Liu Die Yu
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-1026 (🔍)
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X-Force: 13847 - Microsoft Internet Explorer download function cache directory disclosure
SecurityFocus: 9109 - Microsoft Internet Explorer BackToFramedJPU Cross-Domain Policy Vulnerability
Secunia: 10289 - Internet Explorer System Compromise Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 7890 - Microsoft IE Download Function Cache Disclosure (threadid10008)
Vulnerability Center: 3662

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 11/26/2003 10:58 AM
Updated: 06/30/2024 10:55 PM
Changes: 11/26/2003 10:58 AM (82), 04/07/2017 12:00 PM (2), 03/09/2021 09:06 AM (8), 03/09/2021 09:12 AM (2), 06/30/2024 10:55 PM (16)
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