Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 location.href race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument location.href leads to race condition. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-3091. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument location.href with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1; 6 and 7 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3; 6 and 7 for Server 2003 SP2; 7 for Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; and 7 for Server 2008 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or perform other actions upon a page transition, with the permissions of the old page and the content of the new page, as demonstrated by setInterval functions that set location.href within a try/catch expression, aka the "bait & switch vulnerability" or "Race Condition Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

The issue has been introduced in 03/22/2001. The weakness was presented 06/06/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-3091. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2267 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 39341 (MS09-019: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (969897)), 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 100073 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS09-019)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8216.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34696), Tenable (39341), SecurityFocus (BID 24283†), OSVDB (38497†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018192†). See VDB-3983, VDB-3984, VDB-3981 and VDB-3987 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Nessus ID: 39341
Nessus Name: MS09-019: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (969897)
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OpenVAS ID: 900364
OpenVAS Name: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (969897)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-3091 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3091
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37163

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X-Force: 34696
SecurityFocus: 24283
OSVDB: 38497
SecurityTracker: 1018192
Vulnerability Center: 15314 - [MS09-019] Microsoft Internet Explorer 6,7 Race Condition Allows Cross Domain Information Disclosure, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 01/25/2025 18:23
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (45), 05/07/2019 12:42 (28), 07/20/2021 09:16 (2), 07/20/2021 09:17 (7), 07/20/2021 09:22 (2), 07/20/2021 09:23 (2), 01/25/2025 18:23 (25)
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