Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.5 SSL authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component SSL Handler. The manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2001-0339. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.5 (Web Browser). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component SSL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to display a URL in the address bar that is different than the URL that is actually being displayed, which could be used in web site spoofing attacks, aka the "Web page spoofing vulnerability."

The issue has been introduced in 11/08/1999. The weakness was released 05/07/2001 by Hasan Alpaslan Sinanoglu with Microsoft as MS01-027 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0339. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 546 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10861 (MS02-005: MSIE 5.01 5.5 6.0 Cumulative Patch (890923)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.

Applying the patch MS01-027 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 (6556), Tenable (10861), SecurityFocus (BID 2737†), OSVDB (5694†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1405†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3, VDB-45, VDB-257 and VDB-378. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
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VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 10861
Nessus Name: MS02-005: MSIE 5.01 5.5 6.0 Cumulative Patch (890923)
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OpenVAS ID: 10861
OpenVAS Name: IE 5.01 5.5 6.0 Cumulative patch (890923)
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Patch: MS01-027

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11/08/1999 🔍
05/07/2001 +545 days 🔍
05/16/2001 +9 days 🔍
06/27/2001 +42 days 🔍
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07/10/2003 +743 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +273 days 🔍
07/04/2014 +3738 days 🔍
06/25/2021 +2548 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS01-027
Researcher: Hasan Alpaslan Sinanoglu
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0339 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0339
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16841

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X-Force: 6556 - Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML code manipulation could alter the URL displayed in the address bar
SecurityFocus: 2737
OSVDB: 5694 - Microsoft IE Address Bar URL Spoofing
Vulnerability Center: 1405 - [MS01-027] Microsoft Internet Explorer Allows Display of Altered URL in Address Bar, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2014 16:23
Updated: 06/25/2021 16:30
Changes: 07/04/2014 16:23 (78), 04/07/2017 12:06 (2), 06/25/2021 16:30 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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