Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 7 cloneNode resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 7. It has been rated as very critical. This impacts the function cloneNode. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2007-3903. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 7 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects the function cloneNode. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via uninitialized or deleted objects used in repeated calls to the (1) cloneNode or (2) nodeValue JavaScript function, a different issue than CVE-2007-3902 and CVE-2007-5344, a variant of "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 05/22/2007. The weakness was disclosed 12/11/2007 by Sam Thomas (TippingPoint) with ZDI as MS07-069 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-3903 since 07/19/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a private exploit are known.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 203 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29313 (MS07-069: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (942615)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. 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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5823.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38714), Tenable (29313), SecurityFocus (BID 26816†), OSVDB (39119†) and Secunia (SA28036†). Further details are available at eweek.com. The entries VDB-3506, VDB-3502, VDB-3509 and VDB-3508 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 29313
Nessus Name: MS07-069: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (942615)
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OpenVAS ID: 801707
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer mshtml.dll Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability (942615)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS07-069
Researcher: Sam Thomas (TippingPoint)
Organization: ZDI
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-3903 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3903
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3507

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X-Force: 38714 - Microsoft Internet Explorer cloneNode and nodeValue code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 26816 - Microsoft Internet Explorer cloneNode() and nodeValue() Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 28036 - Internet Explorer Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 39119 - Microsoft IE Object cloneNode / nodeValue Function Uninitialized Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1019078 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Object Access Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 17090 - [MS07-069] Microsoft Internet Explorer CloneNode() and NodeValue() Allow Code Execution and DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-4184

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/18/2007 17:25
Updated: 03/16/2021 09:41
Changes: 12/18/2007 17:25 (100), 04/07/2017 12:01 (12), 03/16/2021 09:41 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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