Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6.0 Object Tag memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Object Tag Handler. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0809. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6.0 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown code block of the component Object Tag Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6.0 does not properly handle object tags returned from a Web server during XML data binding, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML e-mail message or web page.

The weakness was published 09/27/2003 by http-equiv as MS03-040 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-0809 since 09/18/2003. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at malware.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10861 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100000 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Object Type Vulnerabilities (MS03-040)).

Applying the patch MS03-040 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 (13300), Exploit-DB (23122), Tenable (10861), SecurityFocus (BID 8565†) and OSVDB (7887†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3, VDB-45, VDB-257 and VDB-313. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 10861
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OpenVAS ID: 10861
OpenVAS Name: IE 5.01 5.5 6.0 Cumulative patch (890923)
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Patch: MS03-040
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS03-040
Researcher: http-equiv
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0809 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0809
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20970

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X-Force: 13300 - Microsoft Internet Explorer XML Web page containing Object Data tags could allow an attacker to execute code
SecurityFocus: 8565
Secunia: 9935 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Update fixes the Object Data Vulnerability, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 7887 - Microsoft IE XML Data Binding Object Tag Arbitrary Command Execution
Vulnerability Center: 3323 - [MS03-040] Internet Explorer 5.01- 6.0 XML Data Binding Vulnerability, Medium

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

Created: 08/15/2014 16:35
Updated: 03/16/2025 19:46
Changes: 08/15/2014 16:35 (84), 04/07/2017 12:07 (4), 06/29/2021 10:13 (3), 03/16/2025 19:46 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:590:103

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