VDB-284 · SA9711 · GCVE-100-284

Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 BackMyParent2 privileges management

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.2$0-$5k0.16

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component BackMyParent2. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is best to disable the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component BackMyParent2. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 09/11/2003 by Liu Die Yu as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is available at safecenter.net. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Secunia (SA9711†). kryptocrew.de is providing further details. The entries VDB-280, VDB-281, VDB-282 and VDB-283 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Support

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Download: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Disable
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Timelineinfo

09/11/2003 🔍
09/12/2003 +1 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +4956 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Liu Die Yu
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-284
Secunia: 9711 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Misc.: 🔍
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 09/12/2003 11:36
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:00
Changes: 09/12/2003 11:36 (55), 04/07/2017 12:00 (5)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:8ED:103

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you want to use VulDB in your project?

Use the official API to access entries easily!