Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 7 setExpression resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 7. It has been declared as very critical. This affects the function setExpression. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2007-3902. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 7 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function setExpression. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CRecalcProperty function in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by calling the setExpression method and then modifying the outerHTML property of an HTML element, one variant of "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 07/20/2007. The weakness was released 12/11/2007 by Peter Vreugdenhil (TippingPoint) with ZDI as MS07-069 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-3902 since 07/19/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 144 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 801707 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100054 (Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS07-069)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS07-069 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38713), Tenable (801707), SecurityFocus (BID 26506†), OSVDB (39118†) and Secunia (SA28036†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3509, VDB-3507, VDB-3508 and VDB-42095. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 801707
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OpenVAS ID: 801707
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer mshtml.dll Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability (942615)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS07-069
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS07-069
Researcher: Peter Vreugdenhil (TippingPoint)
Organization: ZDI
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-3902 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3902
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3506

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X-Force: 38713 - Microsoft Internet Explorer ActiveX setExpression code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 26506 - Microsoft Internet Explorer mshtml.dll Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 28036 - Internet Explorer Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 39118 - Microsoft IE Object setExpression Function Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1019078 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Object Access Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 17089 - [MS07-069] Microsoft Internet Explorer Mshtml.dll Memory Corruption Allows Code Execution and DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-4184

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/18/2007 17:25
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:01
Changes: 12/18/2007 17:25 (93), 04/07/2017 12:01 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:6BF:103

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