Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 Event information disclosure
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Event Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass cross-frame scripting restrictions and capture keyboard events from other domains via an HTML document with Javascript that is outside a frameset that includes the target domain, then forcing the frameset to maintain focus. NOTE: the discloser claimed that the vendor does not categorize this as a vulnerability, but it can be used in a spoofing scenario; the discloser provides alternate scenarios. Spoofing scenarios are currently included in CVE.
The weakness was shared 02/27/2004 with iDEFENSE (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at idefense.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-2383 since 08/16/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The exploit is available at idefense.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be establishing an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (15337). microsoft.com is providing further details.
Product
Type
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Name
Version
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Support
- end of life
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1
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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Patch: microsoft.com
Timeline
02/27/2004 🔍02/27/2004 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: idefense.com⛔
Researcher: http://www.idefense.com
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2004-2383 (🔍)
X-Force: 15337 - Microsoft Internet Explorer cross-frame domain restrictions bypass, Medium Risk
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
SecurityFocus: 9761 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Cross-Domain Event Leakage Vulnerability
Secunia: 10996 - Internet Explorer Cross Frame Scripting Restriction Bypass, Less Critical
OSVDB: 4078
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/02/2004 12:32Updated: 03/09/2021 12:13
Changes: 03/02/2004 12:32 (56), 04/07/2017 12:00 (19), 03/09/2021 12:13 (3)
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