Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Print privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Print Handler. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advised to disable the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Print Handler. The impact remains unknown.

The issue has been introduced in 03/22/2001. The weakness was presented 04/12/2004 by Ben Garvey as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1117 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

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

heise.de is providing further details. See VDB-580 and VDB-592 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Disable
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Timelineinfo

03/22/2001 🔍
04/12/2004 +1117 days 🔍
04/13/2004 +1 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +4742 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Ben Garvey
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-593
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/13/2004 13:33
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:00
Changes: 04/13/2004 13:33 (58), 04/07/2017 12:00 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:0EE:103

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