Vulnerability CVE-2005-2831

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2005-2831 (CCN-23453)

Assigned:

2005-12-13

Published:

2005-12-13

Updated:

2021-07-23

Summary:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page with embedded CLSIDs that reference certain COM objects that are not intended for use within Internet Explorer, aka a variant of the "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2127.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.3 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

7.5 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

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

7.5 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

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

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-Other

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

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

Configuration CCN 1:

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

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

AND

cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows:2003_server::x64:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows:xp:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:-::~~~~itanium~:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows:2003_server:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows:2003_server:sp1_itanium:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1426	V	WinXP,SP2 COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability	2014-02-24
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1558	V	Win2K,SP4 COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability	2014-02-24
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1475	V	Server 2003 COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability	2014-02-24
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1597	V	Win2K/XP,SP1 COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability	2014-02-24
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1520	V	WinXP,SP1 (64-bit) COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability	2014-02-24
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1543	V	Server 2003,SP1 COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability	2014-02-24

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