Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7 Certificate improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Certificate Handler. This manipulation causes improper authentication. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2009-2069. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer before 8 displays a cached certificate for a (1) 4xx or (2) 5xx CONNECT response page returned by a proxy server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an arbitrary https site by letting a browser obtain a valid certificate from this site during one request, and then sending the browser a crafted 502 response page upon a subsequent request.

The weakness was presented 06/15/2009. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-2069. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version bis 7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (51616), SecurityFocus (BID 35411†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-37812†). See VDB-48616, VDB-48615 and VDB-48614 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: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Internet Explorer bis 7

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05/01/2009 🔍
06/15/2009 +45 days 🔍
06/15/2009 +0 days 🔍
12/25/2012 +1289 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +812 days 🔍
08/11/2021 +2339 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-2069 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2069
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48613
X-Force: 51616
SecurityFocus: 35411
Vulnerability Center: 37812 - Microsoft Internet Explorer \x3C8 and Google Chrome \x3C1.0.154.53 Allows Remote MITM HTTPS Sites Spoofing, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 08/11/2021 18:08
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (40), 04/07/2017 12:09 (11), 08/11/2021 18:08 (8)
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