Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 object.documentElement.outerHTML information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function object.documentElement.outerHTML. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-3280. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advised to disable the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 (Web Browser). This affects the function object.documentElement.outerHTML. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to access restricted information from other domains via an object tag with a data parameter that references a link on the attacker s originating site that specifies a Location HTTP header that references the target site, which then makes that content available through the outerHTML attribute of the object, aka "Redirect Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

The weakness was presented 06/27/2006 by Plebo Aesdi Nael (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.grok.org.uk. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-3280 since 06/28/2006. 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 and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at lists.grok.org.uk. 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 22184 (MS06-042: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (918899)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100036 (Microsoft Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS06-042)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 16045.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27452), Tenable (22184), SecurityFocus (BID 18682†), OSVDB (26956†) and Secunia (SA21396†). See VDB-1028, VDB-2344, VDB-2440 and VDB-2443 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 22184
Nessus Name: MS06-042: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (918899)
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Recommended: Disable
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Snort ID: 16045

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: lists.grok.org.uk
Researcher: Plebo Aesdi Nael
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-3280 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3280
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2343

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X-Force: 27452 - Microsoft Internet Explorer object.documentElement.outer information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 18682 - Microsoft Internet Explorer OuterHTML Redirection Handling Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 21396 - Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 26956 - Microsoft IE object.documentElement.outerHTML Cross-site Information Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1016388 - Microsoft Windows Explorer Lets Remote Users Access Information in Other Domains and Execute HTA Applications
Vupen: ADV-2006-2553

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

Created: 06/30/2006 11:40
Updated: 01/20/2025 23:41
Changes: 06/30/2006 11:40 (83), 04/07/2017 12:01 (2), 03/13/2021 08:48 (7), 03/13/2021 08:54 (1), 01/20/2025 23:41 (15)
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