Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Help Function showHelp privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function showHelp of the component Help Function. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2004-0475. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (Web Browser). This affects the function showHelp of the component Help Function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The showHelp function in Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP Pro allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local .CHM files via a double backward slash ("\\") before the target CHM file, as demonstrated using an "ms-its" URL to ntshared.chm. NOTE: this bug may overlap CVE-2003-1041.

The issue has been introduced in 03/22/2001. The weakness was disclosed 07/07/2004 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-0475. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. 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 1203 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading to version 7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16147), SecurityFocus (BID 10348†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-5904†). The entry VDB-21929 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Internet Explorer 7

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03/22/2001 🔍
05/14/2004 +1148 days 🔍
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05/17/2004 +2 days 🔍
07/07/2004 +51 days 🔍
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11/23/2004 +139 days 🔍
12/05/2014 +3664 days 🔍
06/29/2021 +2398 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0475 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0475
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21927
X-Force: 16147
SecurityFocus: 10348
Vulnerability Center: 5904 - Code Execution in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 via Double Backward Slash, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/05/2014 10:45
Updated: 06/29/2021 19:35
Changes: 12/05/2014 10:45 (44), 04/07/2017 12:07 (17), 06/29/2021 19:27 (2), 06/29/2021 19:35 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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