Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11 Cookie authentication spoofing

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Cookie Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2019-1357. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11 (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A spoofing vulnerability exists when Microsoft Browsers improperly handle browser cookies, aka 'Microsoft Browser Spoofing Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0608.

The weakness was published 10/08/2019 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-1357 since 11/26/2018. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/26/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

A spoofing vulnerability exists when Microsoft Browsers improperly handle browser cookies. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could trick a browser into overwriting a secure cookie with an insecure cookie. The insecure cookie could serve as a pivot to chain an attack with other vulnerabilities in web services.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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• Web Browser

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• Microsoft

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• Internet Explorer

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• 10
• 11

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• commercial

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• end of life

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• Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

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