Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 ActiveX Object denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component ActiveX Object. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2006-3659. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component ActiveX Object. 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 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by setting the location or URL property of a MHTMLFile ActiveX object.

The issue has been introduced in 03/22/2001. The weakness was disclosed 07/16/2006 by H D Moore (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-3659 since 07/17/2006. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at metasploit.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1942 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27761), SecurityFocus (BID 19013†) and OSVDB (27108†). The entries VDB-31356 and VDB-31355 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: H D Moore
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-3659 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3659
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31357
X-Force: 27761
SecurityFocus: 19013 - Microsoft Internet Explorer MHTMLFile Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 27108 - Microsoft IE MHTMLFile Multiple Property NULL Dereference
Vupen: ADV-2006-2831

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 05/07/2019 12:41
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (59), 05/07/2019 12:41 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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