VDB-82112 · OSVDB 7872

Microsoft Internet Explorer ActiveX privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer (Web Browser) (affected version not known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component ActiveX. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 09/07/2003 by http-equiv. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries 82115, 82114 and 82113 are pretty similar.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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09/07/2003 🔍
09/07/2003 +0 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +214 days 🔍
04/12/2016 +4386 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +360 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Researcher: http-equiv
Status: Not defined
OSVDB: 7872 - Microsoft IE ActiveX Object Code Arbitrary Command Execution (Qhosts)

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

Created: 04/12/2016 12:37
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:15
Changes: 04/12/2016 12:37 (41), 04/07/2017 12:15 (2)
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