Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 Frame privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Frame Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2001-0874. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown part of the component Frame 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 5.5 and 6.0 allow remote attackers to read certain files via HTML that passes information from a frame in the client s domain to a frame in the web site s domain, a variant of the "Frame Domain Verification" vulnerability.

The issue has been introduced in 07/08/2000. The weakness was released 12/13/2001 with Microsoft as MS01-058 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0874. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 523 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS01-058 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7702), SecurityFocus (BID 3693†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-844†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-17745. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS01-058

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07/08/2000 🔍
12/13/2001 +523 days 🔍
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02/06/2003 +420 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +4173 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +1001 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS01-058
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0874 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0874
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17741
X-Force: 7702 - Microsoft Internet Explorer \
SecurityFocus: 3693
Vulnerability Center: 844 - [MS01-058] Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote File Viewing Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 11:05
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:06
Changes: 07/11/2014 11:05 (47), 04/07/2017 12:06 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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