Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/6/7 Object resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/6/7. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Object Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-2257. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/6/7 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Object Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 accesses uninitialized memory in certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a document object "appended in a specific order," aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability" or "XHTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2258.

The weakness was disclosed 08/13/2008 by Sam Thomas with Microsoft as MS08-045 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-2257 since 05/16/2008. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33874 (MS08-045: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (953838)), 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 100059 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS08-045)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS08-045 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (33874), SecurityFocus (BID 30613†), OSVDB (47416†), Secunia (SA31375†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1020674†). The entries VDB-3804, VDB-3803, VDB-3801 and VDB-3800 are pretty similar. 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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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 33874
Nessus Name: MS08-045: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (953838)
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OpenVAS ID: 900030
OpenVAS Name: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (953838)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS08-045

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS08-045
Researcher: Sam Thomas
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-2257 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2257
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3802

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SecurityFocus: 30613 - Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 31375 - Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 47416 - Microsoft IE HTML Document Objects Handling Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1020674 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vupen: ADV-2008-2349

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/19/2008 17:08
Updated: 03/16/2021 17:58
Changes: 08/19/2008 17:08 (81), 04/07/2017 12:02 (4), 03/16/2021 17:53 (8), 03/16/2021 17:58 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:D10:103

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