Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 Language Support memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Language Support. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2003-0701. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Language Support. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 6 SP1 for certain languages that support double-byte encodings (e.g., Japanese) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Type property of an Object tag, a variant of CVE-2003-0344.

The bug was discovered 06/06/2003. The weakness was published 08/21/2003 by malware as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0701 since 08/21/2003. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by malware and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 76 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (12970), Exploit-DB (83), OSVDB (7894†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-30666†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: malware
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: malware
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0701 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0701
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20810
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X-Force: 12970 - Microsoft Internet Explorer DBCS Type property of Object tag buffer overflow
OSVDB: 7894 - Microsoft IE Object Tag Type Property Double-byte Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 30666 - Internet Explorer 6 SP1 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via an Object Tag, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2014 00:56
Updated: 12/31/2024 06:45
Changes: 08/15/2014 00:56 (60), 05/07/2019 12:39 (13), 12/31/2024 06:45 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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