Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 META Tag mshtml.dll denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part in the library mshtml.dll of the component META Tag Handler. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to use an alternative component instead of the affected one.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code in the library mshtml.dll of the component META Tag Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was disclosed 05/17/2004 by Mike Mauler (Website). The advisory is available at securiteam.com. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at securiteam.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be establishing an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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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: Alternative
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Timelineinfo

05/17/2004 🔍
05/19/2004 +2 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +4706 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securiteam.com⛔
Researcher: Mike Mauler
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-662
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com

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

Entryinfo

Created: 05/19/2004 12:47
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:00
Changes: 05/19/2004 12:47 (52), 04/07/2017 12:00 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:3A8:103

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