VDB-26431 · CVE-2005-3077 · EDB 26292

Microsoft IE for Macintosh 5.2.3 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft IE for Macintosh 5.2.3. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-3077. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft IE for Macintosh 5.2.3. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page with malformed attributes in a BGSOUND tag, possibly involving double-quotes in an about: URI.

The weakness was released 09/27/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3077 since 09/27/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (26292) and SecurityFocus (BID 14899†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

IE for Macintosh

Version

5.2.3

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/22/2005 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3077 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3077
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26431
SecurityFocus: 14899 - Microsoft Internet Explorer for Mac OS Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 02/10/2025 15:10
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (51), 07/29/2017 18:06 (1), 02/10/2025 15:10 (21)
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