Vulnerability 36027 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CCN-36027

Published:

2007-08-15

Updated:

2007-08-15

Summary:

Microsoft Internet Explorer is vulnerable to a denial of service. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page containing a malicious ActiveX object, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to modify the Allowed Sites list, bypass popup blocker security restrictions, and possibly cause a denial of service.

CVSS v3 Severity:

4.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): High Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
3.5 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:U/RC:UR)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): High Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Internet Explorer Web site
Internet Explorer: Home Page

Source: CCN
Type: Sec Niche Advisory [15 August 2007]
Microsoft Internet Explorer PopUp Blocker Bypassing and Dos Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ie-activex-popup-dos(36027)

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:ie:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

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