Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 ActiveX Object denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component ActiveX Object. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-3605. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (Web Browser). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component ActiveX Object. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by setting the Transition property on an uninitialized DXImageTransform.Microsoft.RevealTrans.1 ActiveX Object, which triggers a null dereference.

The issue has been introduced in 08/27/2001. The weakness was released 07/12/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-3605 since 07/14/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1777 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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 (27713), SecurityFocus (BID 18960†) and OSVDB (27057†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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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Timelineinfo

08/27/2001 🔍
07/08/2006 +1776 days 🔍
07/12/2006 +3 days 🔍
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07/14/2006 +2 days 🔍
07/18/2006 +4 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3159 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +757 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-3605 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3605
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31331
X-Force: 27713 - Microsoft Internet Explorer RevealTrans ActiveX object denial of service
SecurityFocus: 18960 - Microsoft Internet Explorer RevealTrans Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 27057 - Microsoft IE DXImageTransform.Microsoft.RevealTrans Transition Property NULL Dereference
Vupen: ADV-2006-2793

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:08
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (58), 04/07/2017 12:08 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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