Microsoft Internet Explorer COM Object memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer. This affects an unknown part of the component COM Object Handler. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-4697. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer (Web Browser) (affected version not known). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component COM Object Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 uses certain COM objects from Imjpcksid.dll as ActiveX controls, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2006-4193.

The weakness was presented 02/13/2007 by H. D. Moore with MetaSploit as MS07-016 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-4697 since 09/11/2006. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24340 (MS07-016: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (928090)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100045 (Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS07-016)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS07-016 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 10140. In this case the pattern DA56F851-D3C5-11D3-844C-00C04F7A06E5 is used for detection.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (24340), SecurityFocus (BID 22486†), OSVDB (31891†) and Secunia (SA24156†). See VDB-2929, VDB-35003, VDB-35002 and VDB-84963 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 24340
Nessus Name: MS07-016: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (928090)
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OpenVAS ID: 102054
OpenVAS Name: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (928090)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS07-016

Snort ID: 10140
Snort Message: WEB-ACTIVEX Microsoft Input Method Editor 2 ActiveX clsid access
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS07-016
Researcher: H. D. Moore
Organization: MetaSploit
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-4697 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4697
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2928

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SecurityFocus: 22486 - Microsoft Internet Explorer IMJPCKSI COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 24156 - Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 31891 - Microsoft IE Imjpcksid.dll COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption
Vupen: ADV-2007-0584

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

Created: 02/15/2007 13:52
Updated: 01/05/2025 13:00
Changes: 02/15/2007 13:52 (83), 04/07/2017 12:01 (2), 03/15/2021 09:09 (7), 03/15/2021 09:16 (2), 01/05/2025 13:00 (17)
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