Vulnerability 55900 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CCN-55900

Published:

2009-01-26

Updated:

2009-01-26

Summary:

Microsoft Internet Explorer is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when handing createElement Method sTags when used in conjunction with an HtmlElement.OuterHtml property. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the browser to crash.

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:N/A:L)

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): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
4.1 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:H/RL:U/RC:UR)

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

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Web site
Microsoft Internet Explorer

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ie-createelement-dos(55900)

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: EXPLOIT
Offensive Security Exploit Database [01-26-2010]

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration CCN 1:

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

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

Denotes that component is vulnerable

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