Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 Drag / Drop race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Drag / Drop Handler. Such manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-3240. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should disable the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Drag / Drop Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly execute code by tricking a user into performing a drag-and-drop action from certain objects, such as file objects within a folder view, then predicting the drag action, and re-focusing to a malicious window.

The weakness was presented 02/14/2006 by Matthew Murphy (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-3240 since 10/17/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24648), SecurityFocus (BID 16352†), OSVDB (2707†), Secunia (SA18787†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015049†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Disable
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com

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10/23/2003 🔍
10/17/2005 +724 days 🔍
12/31/2005 +75 days 🔍
01/23/2006 +23 days 🔍
02/14/2006 +22 days 🔍
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02/16/2006 +2 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +4068 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Matthew Murphy
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-3240 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3240
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2048
X-Force: 24648 - Microsoft Internet Explorer drag and drop event file downloading variant, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 16352 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Drag And Drop File Installation Vulnerability Variant
Secunia: 18787 - Internet Explorer Drag-and-Drop Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 2707
SecurityTracker: 1015049 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Drag-and-Drop Timing May Let Remote Users Install Arbitrary Files
Vupen: ADV-2006-0553

Entryinfo

Created: 02/16/2006 11:28
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:01
Changes: 02/16/2006 11:28 (73), 04/07/2017 12:01 (4)
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