VDB-17952 · CVE-2002-0025 · MS02-005

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.5/6.0 Content-Type Header for Multi-Part Request privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.5/6.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Content-Type Header for Multi-Part Request Handler. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2002-0025. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.5/6.0 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the component Content-Type Header for Multi-Part Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 does not properly handle the Content-Type HTML header field, which allows remote attackers to modify which application is used to process a document.

The issue has been introduced in 11/08/1999. The weakness was disclosed 03/08/2002 by Sandro Gauci as MS02-005 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-0025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 851 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying the patch MS02-005 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 (8118), SecurityFocus (BID 4085†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-863†). The entries VDB-17951 and VDB-17953 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

Web Browser

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Internet Explorer

Version

License

commercial

Support

end of life

Website

Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB 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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Countermeasuresinfo

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Patch: MS02-005

Timelineinfo

11/08/1999 🔍
02/11/2002 +826 days 🔍
03/08/2002 +25 days 🔍
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03/08/2002 +0 days 🔍
02/09/2003 +338 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +4170 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +1001 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS02-005
Researcher: Sandro Gauci
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-0025 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0025
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17952
X-Force: 8118
SecurityFocus: 4085
Vulnerability Center: 863 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Content-Type Field Arbitrary File Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:39
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:06
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:39 (63), 04/07/2017 12:06 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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