CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code in the library mshtml.dll of the component META Tag Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability.
The weakness was disclosed 05/17/2004 by Mike Mauler (Website). The advisory is available at securiteam.com. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The exploit is available at securiteam.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.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.
Product
Type
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Name
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Support
- end of life
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4
VulDB Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Temp Score: 5.4
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Download: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: AlternativeStatus: 🔍
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com
Timeline
05/17/2004 🔍05/19/2004 🔍
04/07/2017 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: securiteam.com⛔
Researcher: Mike Mauler
Status: Not defined
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 05/19/2004 12:47Updated: 04/07/2017 12:00
Changes: 05/19/2004 12:47 (52), 04/07/2017 12:00 (2)
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