Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.5 IFRAME privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.5 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component IFRAME Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0662. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.5 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component IFRAME Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Internet Explorer 5.x and Microsoft Outlook allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by redirecting the contents of an IFRAME using the DHTML Edit Control (DHTMLED).

The issue has been introduced in 11/08/1999. The weakness was disclosed 07/14/2000 by Georgi Guninski (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2000-0662. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 249 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5107), SecurityFocus (BID 1474†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3077†). The entry VDB-14623 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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04/07/2017 +1017 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Georgi Guninski
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0662 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0662
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15767
X-Force: 5107 - IE 5.x and Outlook allows malicious Web site to view files
SecurityFocus: 1474 - Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 / 5.5 DHTMLED and IFRAME File Read Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 3077 - Internet Explorer 5.x and Outlook Allow Arbitrary File Reading via the DHTML Edit Control, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2014 15:32
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:06
Changes: 06/25/2014 15:32 (44), 04/07/2017 12:06 (22)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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