Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 XSS Filter Protection cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component XSS Filter Protection. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component XSS Filter Protection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The issue has been introduced in 03/16/2010. The weakness was shared 10/19/2012 by Jean Pascal Pereira as 22100 as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. The vendor was not involved in the public release. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by Jean Pascal Pereira and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 948 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (79492), Exploit-DB (22100) and OSVDB (86776†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Jean Pascal Pereira
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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03/16/2010 🔍
10/19/2012 +948 days 🔍
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10/29/2012 +10 days 🔍
10/31/2012 +2 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +1619 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: 22100
Researcher: Jean Pascal Pereira
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6839
X-Force: 79492 - Microsoft Internet Explorer filter cross-site scripting, Medium Risk
OSVDB: 86776

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

Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2012 10:18
Updated: 04/07/2017 12:02
Changes: 10/31/2012 10:18 (53), 04/07/2017 12:02 (6)
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