Microsoft Internet Explorer race condition

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer (Web Browser) (affected version not known) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption, aka "Race Condition Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 03/31/2010 as MS10-018 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0489. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/06/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 45378 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100083 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS10-018 and KB981374)).

Applying the patch MS10-018 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9631.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (45378). The entries 4091, 52508, 52507 and 52506 are pretty similar.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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OpenVAS ID: 902155
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (980182)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS10-018
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-0489 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 25197 - [MS10-018] Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Arbitrary Code Execution due to a Race Condition, Medium
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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/06/2021 15:43
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (42), 04/07/2017 12:09 (24), 09/06/2021 15:30 (2), 09/06/2021 15:36 (7), 09/06/2021 15:43 (1)
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