Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 JavaScript OnKeyPress Form input validation
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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6. This impacts the function OnKeyPress of the component JavaScript. The manipulation as part of Form leads to input validation.
This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-2894. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.
The affected component should be disabled.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 (Web Browser). This issue affects the function OnKeyPress of the component JavaScript. The manipulation as part of a Form leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4, 2.0.x before 2.0.0.8, Mozilla Suite 1.7.13, Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.2 and other versions before 1.1.5, and Netscape 8.1 and earlier allow user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files by tricking a user into typing the characters of the target filename in a text box and using the OnKeyDown, OnKeyPress, and OnKeyUp Javascript keystroke events to change the focus and cause those characters to be inserted into a file upload input control, which can then upload the file when the user submits the form.
The weakness was disclosed 06/06/2006 by Charles McAuley with Mozilla (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.grok.org.uk. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2894 since 06/07/2006. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.
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 27528 (openSUSE 10 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-4572)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165052 (SUSE Security Update for Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey (SUSE-SA:2007:057)).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (27987), Tenable (27528), SecurityFocus (BID 18308†), OSVDB (26178†) and Secunia (SA20442†). techweb.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-2296, VDB-2298, VDB-3404 and VDB-3406 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9
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Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 27528
Nessus Name: openSUSE 10 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-4572)
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OpenVAS ID: 58689
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1392-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: DisableStatus: 🔍
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com
Timeline
06/06/2006 🔍06/06/2006 🔍
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06/19/2006 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: lists.grok.org.uk
Researcher: Charles McAuley
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-2894 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2894
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2297
SecurityFocus: 18308 - Multiple Vendor Web Browser JavaScript Key Filtering Vulnerability
Secunia: 20442 - Firefox File Upload Form Keystroke Event Cancel Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 26178 - Multiple Multiple Browsers OnKey* Keystroke Event File Upload
SecurityTracker: 1018837 - Mozilla Firefox May Disclose Files or Information to Remote Users
Vupen: ADV-2006-2160
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 06/19/2006 10:53Updated: 02/23/2025 16:18
Changes: 06/19/2006 10:53 (65), 04/07/2017 12:01 (23), 03/13/2021 07:59 (7), 03/13/2021 08:02 (1), 02/23/2025 16:18 (20)
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