Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6.0 Location location.replace denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6.0. This issue affects the function location.replace of the component Location Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2002-0461. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6.0 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function location.replace of the component Location Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via Javascript in a web page that calls location.replace on itself, causing a loop.

The weakness was disclosed 08/12/2002 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0461. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8488), Exploit-DB (21346), SecurityFocus (BID 4322†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7724†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/18/2002 🔍
03/19/2002 +1 days 🔍
08/12/2002 +146 days 🔍
08/12/2002 +0 days 🔍
05/03/2005 +995 days 🔍
07/22/2014 +3367 days 🔍
04/21/2025 +3926 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-0461 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0461
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18517
X-Force: 8488
SecurityFocus: 4322 - Multiple Vendor JavaScript Interpreter Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 7724 - Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Opera Browsers Allow DoS via location.replace Call, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/22/2014 21:27
Updated: 04/21/2025 09:04
Changes: 07/22/2014 21:27 (59), 05/07/2019 12:38 (3), 04/21/2025 09:04 (26)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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