Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Top-Level-Domain Cookie privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Top-Level-Domain Cookie Handler. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2004-0866. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. This vulnerability is historically significant due to its background and the way it was received. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown part of the component Top-Level-Domain Cookie Handler. 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:

Internet Explorer 6.0 allows web sites to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains, such as .ltd.uk, .plc.uk, and .sch.uk, which could allow remote attackers to perform a session fixation attack and hijack a user s HTTP session.

The issue has been introduced in 08/27/2001. The weakness was released 09/16/2004 by Paul with WESTPOINT as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.info. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-0866 since 09/14/2004. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/30/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue. Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has a historic impact.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1116 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15427 (RHEL 2.1 / 3 : kdelibs, kdebase (RHSA-2004:412)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17415), Tenable (15427), SecurityFocus (BID 11186†), SecurityTracker (ID 1011332†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7734†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-784, VDB-22589 and VDB-22222. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 15427
Nessus Name: RHEL 2.1 / 3 : kdelibs, kdebase (RHSA-2004:412)
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08/27/2001 🔍
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09/15/2004 +1 days 🔍
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09/16/2004 +1 days 🔍
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04/14/2015 +3633 days 🔍
06/30/2021 +2269 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: marc.info
Researcher: Paul
Organization: WESTPOINT
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0866 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0866
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22221
X-Force: 17415
SecurityFocus: 11186 - Multiple Browser Cross-Domain Cookie Injection Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1011332 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Bug in Setting Cookies in Certain Domains May Let Remote Users Conduct Session Fixation Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 7734 - Internet Explorer 6.0 and Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2 Allow Hijacking a User\x27s Session, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 18:10
Updated: 06/30/2021 09:27
Changes: 04/14/2015 18:10 (67), 05/07/2019 12:39 (10), 06/30/2021 09:27 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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