Microsoft Internet Explorer Malformed IFRAME Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:11515

Info

Microsoft Internet Explorer Malformed IFRAME Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11515
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2004-1050
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 24 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 08:06AM
Credit: This issue was reported by ned <[email protected]> and Berend-Jan Wever <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium 0
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium 0
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium 0
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium 0
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium 0
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
+ Microsoft Windows XP Home
+ Microsoft Windows XP Home
+ Microsoft Windows XP Home
+ Microsoft Windows XP Professional
+ Microsoft Windows XP Professional
+ Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Avaya S8100 Media Servers R9
Avaya S8100 Media Servers R8
Avaya S8100 Media Servers R7
Avaya S8100 Media Servers R6
Avaya S8100 Media Servers R12
Avaya S8100 Media Servers R11
Avaya S8100 Media Servers R10
Avaya S8100 Media Servers 0
+ Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
+ Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
Avaya S3400 Message Application Server 0
+ Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Avaya Modular Messaging S3400
Avaya IP600 Media Servers R9
Avaya IP600 Media Servers R8
Avaya IP600 Media Servers R7
Avaya IP600 Media Servers R6
Avaya IP600 Media Servers R12
Avaya IP600 Media Servers R11
Avaya IP600 Media Servers R10
Avaya IP600 Media Servers
Avaya DefinityOne Media Servers R9
Avaya DefinityOne Media Servers R8
Avaya DefinityOne Media Servers R7
Avaya DefinityOne Media Servers R6
Avaya DefinityOne Media Servers R12
Avaya DefinityOne Media Servers R11
Avaya DefinityOne Media Servers R10
Avaya DefinityOne Media Servers
Not Vulnerable: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 - do not use

Discussion

Microsoft Internet Explorer Malformed IFRAME Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Microsoft Internet Explorer is reported prone to a remote buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue presents itself due to insufficient boundary checks performed by the application and results in arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.

This issue does not affect the following Internet Explorer 6 versions:
- Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003
- Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Edition and Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003
- Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Service Pack 2

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Internet Explorer Malformed IFRAME Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A proof of concept is available from the following location:

http://felinemenace.org/~nd/crash_ie/2446.html

CORE has developed a working commercial exploit for their IMPACT
product. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known
to be circulating in the wild.

An additional exploit has been made available by Berend-Jan Wever; the integrity of this exploit has not been verified by Symantec:

Solution / Fix

Microsoft Internet Explorer Malformed IFRAME Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Avaya has released an advisory that acknowledges this vulnerability for Avaya products. Avaya advise that customers follow the Microsoft recommendations to address this issue. Please see the referenced Avaya advisory at the following location for further details:
http://support.avaya.com/japple/css/japple?temp.groupID=128450&temp.selectedFamily=128451&temp.selectedProduct=154235&temp.selectedBucket=126655&temp.feedbackState=askForFeedback&temp.documentID=212001&PAGE=avaya.css.CSSLvl1Detail&executeTransaction=avaya.css.UsageUpdate()

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 2 is not prone to this vulnerability. If applicable, customers are advised to apply this service pack in order to mitigate the risk of exposure.

Microsoft has released a security bulletin that provides fixes for this issue on supported versions of the operating system. This bulletin also includes update rollup 889669 fixes for corporate users or users that have received hotfixes for Internet Explorer 6 SP1 after the release of bulletin MS04-004.


Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1

References

Microsoft Internet Explorer Malformed IFRAME Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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