Vulnerability Name:

CCN-16091

Published:2004-05-07
Updated:2004-05-07
Summary:Microsoft Internet Explorer could allow a remote attacker to overwrite a user's registry. By creating a specially-crafted Web page that uses the onLoad and window.location methods to invoke a 'file://' URL that contains a hexadecimal URL encoded drive name, a remote attacker could overwrite the ECX, EDX, and EDI registers, once the victim visits the malicious Web page.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Consequences:Data Manipulation
References:Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Thu May 06 2004 - 20:23:58 CDT
Remote DoS IE Memory Access Violation

Source: CCN
Type: BID-10299
Microsoft Internet Explorer Unconfirmed Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: BID-12565
Microsoft Internet Explorer Malformed File URI Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ie-file-registry-overwrite(16091)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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    microsoft ie 6.0.2800