Microsoft Internet Explorer IFRAME Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer (Web Browser) (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component IFRAME Handler. The impact remains unknown.

The weakness was disclosed 11/03/2004 by Benjamin Tobias Franz as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

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.

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Productinfo

Type

Web Browser

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Internet Explorer

License

commercial

Support

end of life

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Alternative
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Timelineinfo

11/03/2004 🔍
11/03/2004 +0 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +4538 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Benjamin Tobias Franz
Status: Not defined
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/03/2004 11:25
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:00
Changes: 11/03/2004 11:25 (51), 04/07/2017 12:00 (1)
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