Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 CDF CHANNEL Tag cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component CDF CHANNEL Tag Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-0056. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 (Web Browser). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component CDF CHANNEL Tag Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 02/08/2005 by Paul with greyhats as MS05-014 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0056 since 01/11/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100024 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Update (MS05-014)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS05-014 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at update.microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3259.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19137), SecurityFocus (BID 12427†), Secunia (SA11165†), SecurityTracker (ID 1013126†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7015†). The entries VDB-1200, VDB-1201, VDB-1197 and VDB-1203 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS05-014
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS05-014
Researcher: Paul
Organization: greyhats
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0056 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0056
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1199

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X-Force: 19137 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Channel Definition Format code execution, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 12427 - Microsoft Internet Explorer AddChannel Cross-Zone Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 11165 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1013126 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CDF Scripting Error Lets Remote Users Execute Scripting Code in Arbitrary Domains
Vulnerability Center: 7015 - [MS05-014] Code Execution in Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, 6 via CDF Files, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/15/2005 15:53
Updated: 07/05/2025 18:15
Changes: 02/15/2005 15:53 (85), 04/07/2017 12:01 (6), 03/10/2021 15:12 (2), 01/03/2025 18:57 (15), 07/05/2025 18:15 (2)
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