Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.5/6.0 Download HTM Cache access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.5/6.0. It has been rated as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Download HTM Cache Handler. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2003-1026. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.5/6.0 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Download HTM Cache Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 SP1 allows remote attackers to bypass zone restrictions via a javascript protocol URL in a sub-frame, which is added to the history list and executed in the top window s zone when the history.back (back) function is called, as demonstrated by BackToFramedJpu, aka the "Travel Log Cross Domain Vulnerability."

The issue has been introduced in 11/08/1999. The weakness was presented 11/25/2003 by Liu Die Yu (Website). The advisory is shared at safecenter.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-1026. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The exploit is available at safecenter.net. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1478 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100004 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update Not Installed (MS04-004)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (151), SecurityFocus (BID 9106†), OSVDB (3791†), Secunia (SA10289†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3662†). vuldb.com is providing further details. See VDB-412, VDB-438, VDB-499 and VDB-500 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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OpenVAS ID: 10861
OpenVAS Name: IE 5.01 5.5 6.0 Cumulative patch (890923)
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com

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11/25/2003 +1478 days 🔍
11/26/2003 +1 days 🔍
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01/20/2004 +13 days 🔍
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: safecenter.net
Researcher: Liu Die Yu
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-1026 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1026
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-413

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X-Force: 13846
SecurityFocus: 9106 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Invalid ContentType Cache Directory Location Disclosure Weakness
Secunia: 10289 - Internet Explorer System Compromise Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 3791
Vulnerability Center: 3662

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 11/26/2003 11:06
Updated: 03/13/2025 01:22
Changes: 11/26/2003 11:06 (58), 10/08/2018 15:43 (16), 03/09/2021 09:18 (3), 03/09/2021 09:21 (7), 06/30/2024 23:26 (16), 01/02/2025 11:39 (3), 03/13/2025 01:22 (1)
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