Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 Cross-Domain Policy privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Cross-Domain Policy Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-1326. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Cross-Domain Policy 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the cross-domain security model to run malicious script or arbitrary programs via dialog boxes, aka "Improper Cross Domain Security Validation with dialog box."

The issue has been introduced in 07/08/2000. The weakness was disclosed 02/19/2003 as MS03-004 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-1326. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 956 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 MS03-004 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 6779†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1669†). The entries VDB-3, VDB-45, VDB-257 and VDB-378 are pretty similar. 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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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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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: MS03-004

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02/05/2003 +941 days 🔍
02/19/2003 +14 days 🔍
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08/13/2003 +175 days 🔍
08/07/2014 +4012 days 🔍
06/28/2021 +2517 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS03-004
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-1326 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1326
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20147

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X-Force: 11264
SecurityFocus: 6779
Vulnerability Center: 1669 - [MS03-004] Microsoft Internet Explorer Bypassing of Cross-Domain Security Model, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/07/2014 18:01
Updated: 06/28/2021 12:40
Changes: 08/07/2014 18:01 (70), 04/07/2017 12:07 (1), 06/28/2021 12:32 (3), 06/28/2021 12:40 (2)
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