Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0/5.0/5.01/5.5 Scriptlet ActiveX Control privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0/5.0/5.01/5.5. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Scriptlet ActiveX Control. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0091. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0/5.0/5.01/5.5 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Scriptlet ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The ActiveX control for invoking a scriptlet in Internet Explorer 5.0 through 5.5 renders arbitrary file types instead of HTML, which allows an attacker to read arbitrary files, aka a variant of the "Scriptlet Rendering" vulnerability.

The issue has been introduced in 04/01/1997. The weakness was released 12/01/2000 as MS00-093 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0091. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1340 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying the patch MS00-093 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6085), OSVDB (7820†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4290†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-16469, VDB-16470 and VDB-16472. 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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Patch: MS00-093

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08/10/2000 +1227 days 🔍
12/01/2000 +113 days 🔍
02/16/2001 +77 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +1147 days 🔍
05/11/2004 +32 days 🔍
07/03/2014 +3705 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +1009 days 🔍

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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS00-093
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0091 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0091
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16471
X-Force: 6085 - Microsoft Internet Explorer scriptlet rendering could allow Web site operators to read files
OSVDB: 7820 - Microsoft IE Scriptlet Invoking ActiveX Arbitrary File Access
Vulnerability Center: 4290 - [MS00-093] Microsoft Internet Explorer Variant of the Scriptlet Rendering Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/03/2014 12:49
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:06
Changes: 07/03/2014 12:49 (50), 04/07/2017 12:06 (18)
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