Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 Address Bar document.open authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0. It has been declared as critical. This affects the function document.open of the component Address Bar. Such manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-0027. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function document.open of the component Address Bar. 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. CVE summarizes:

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read certain files and spoof the URL in the address bar by using the Document.open function to pass information between two frames from different domains, a new variant of the "Frame Domain Verification" vulnerability described in MS:MS01-058/CAN-2001-0874.

The issue has been introduced in 07/08/2000. The weakness was shared 12/19/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0027. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a exploit are known.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 529 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7737), Tenable (10861), SecurityFocus (BID 3721†), OSVDB (3031†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1214†). The entries VDB-3, VDB-45, VDB-257 and VDB-378 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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12/19/2001 +529 days 🔍
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03/08/2002 +79 days 🔍
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06/18/2003 +467 days 🔍
12/15/2003 +180 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +3860 days 🔍
06/27/2021 +2543 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0027 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0027
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17954

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X-Force: 7737
SecurityFocus: 3721
OSVDB: 3031 - Microsoft IE document.Open Same Origin Policy Violation
Vulnerability Center: 1214 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Document.open Function Allows Reading of Local Files, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:39
Updated: 06/27/2021 09:22
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:39 (73), 04/07/2017 12:06 (1), 06/27/2021 09:22 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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