Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 Caching privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Caching Handler. This manipulation causes privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-1262. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Caching Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 does not perform complete security checks on external caching, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

The issue has been introduced in 07/08/2000. The weakness was shared 12/18/2002 as MS02-068 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1262. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 893 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 MS02-068 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 (11264), Tenable (10861), SecurityFocus (BID 6028†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2673†). The entries VDB-3, VDB-45, VDB-257 and VDB-378 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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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: MS02-068
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10/22/2002 +835 days 🔍
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10/15/2003 +301 days 🔍
07/31/2014 +3942 days 🔍
06/28/2021 +2524 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS02-068
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-1262 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1262
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19219
X-Force: 11264
SecurityFocus: 6028
Vulnerability Center: 2673 - [MS03-004] Internet Explorer Security Checks Allows Arbitrary File Reading, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/31/2014 17:11
Updated: 06/28/2021 08:27
Changes: 07/31/2014 17:11 (70), 04/07/2017 12:07 (2), 06/28/2021 08:25 (3), 06/28/2021 08:27 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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