Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 7.0 text/html denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 7.0. This impacts an unknown function of the file text/html. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-4810. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 7.0 (Web Browser). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file text/html. 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. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a "text/html" HTML Content-type header sent in response to an XMLHttpRequest (AJAX).

The weakness was shared 07/26/2005 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-4810 since 08/29/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a exploit are known. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/07/2017). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. 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 X-Force (21553) and OSVDB (18510†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Timelineinfo

07/26/2005 🔍
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08/04/2005 +8 days 🔍
12/31/2005 +148 days 🔍
08/29/2006 +241 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3117 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +757 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4810 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4810
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28114
X-Force: 21553 - Microsoft Internet Explorer AJAX denial of service
OSVDB: 18510 - Microsoft IE AJAX Crafted Content-type Header DoS

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:07
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (55), 04/07/2017 12:07 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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