Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6.0 SP1 NavigateAndFind privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6.0 SP1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function NavigateAndFind. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0816. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6.0 SP1 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function NavigateAndFind. 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:

Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass zone restrictions by (1) using the NavigateAndFind method to load a file: URL containing Javascript, as demonstrated by NAFfileJPU, (2) using the window.open method to load a file: URL containing Javascript, as demonstrated using WsOpenFileJPU, (3) setting the href property in the base tag for the _search window, as demonstrated using WsBASEjpu, (4) loading the search window into an Iframe, as demonstrated using WsFakeSrc, (5) caching a javascript: URL in the browser history, then accessing that URL in the same frame as the target domain, as demonstrated using WsOpenJpuInHistory, NAFjpuInHistory, BackMyParent, BackMyParent2, and RefBack, aka the "Script URLs Cross Domain" vulnerability.

The weakness was disclosed 02/03/2004 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0816. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $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 100003 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update Not Installed (MS03-048)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13785), Exploit-DB (23790), Tenable (10861), SecurityFocus (BID 9798†) and Secunia (SA10192†). The entries VDB-3, VDB-45, VDB-257 and VDB-375 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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09/18/2003 🔍
02/03/2004 +138 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0816 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0816
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21527

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X-Force: 13785
SecurityFocus: 9798
Secunia: 10192
Vulnerability Center: 3727 - [MS03-048] Internet Explorer <=6 SP1 Allows Zone Restrictions Bypassing, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 09/30/2014 15:46
Updated: 03/30/2025 01:51
Changes: 09/30/2014 15:46 (67), 05/07/2019 12:39 (2), 06/29/2021 14:11 (2), 06/29/2021 14:14 (2), 12/31/2024 08:12 (15), 03/15/2025 14:23 (11), 03/30/2025 01:51 (1)
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