VDB-710 · SA11830 · OSVDB 6960

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Internet Zone Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Internet Zone Handler. The manipulation with the input value %2F leads to a unknown weakness. The impact remains unknown.

The issue has been introduced in 03/22/2001. The weakness was published 06/11/2004 by bitlance winter (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.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.

The exploit is available at example.invalid%2F%20%20%20.computec.ch. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1177 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $100k and more.

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.

heise.de is providing further details. Similar entry is available at 713.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

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Class: Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Alternative
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com

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03/22/2001 🔍
06/11/2004 +1177 days 🔍
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06/15/2004 +3 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +4679 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: secunia.com
Researcher: bitlance winter
Status: Not defined
Secunia: 11830 - Internet Explorer Security Zone Bypass and Address Bar Spoofing, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 6960 - IE Security Zone Bypass and Address Bar Spoofing

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 06/15/2004 12:02
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:00
Changes: 06/15/2004 12:02 (58), 04/07/2017 12:00 (4)
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