Microsoft Internet Explorer denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-7029. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer (Web Browser) (affected version not known). This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a frameset with only one frame that calls resizeTo with certain arguments. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2006-3637.

The weakness was presented 02/22/2007 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-7029 since 02/22/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32939) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25871†). See VDB-35165 and VDB-35164 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

05/20/2006 🔍
02/22/2007 +278 days 🔍
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02/22/2007 +0 days 🔍
05/26/2010 +1189 days 🔍
03/13/2015 +1752 days 🔍
05/07/2019 +1516 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-7029 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-7029
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35163
X-Force: 32939
Vulnerability Center: 25871 - Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 and Prior Remote DoS Vulnerability via a Frameset, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 05/07/2019 12:41
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (50), 05/07/2019 12:41 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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